What does"Santeria" mean?

What does"Santeria" mean?

ID but it sounds bad

http://www.religioustolerance.org/santeri.htm

Its a religion based on the worship of African Orishas that was brought to Cuba by the African slaves. Each Orisha is associated with a Catholic saint and oftentimes the rituals involve dancing, the casting of spells, and animal sacrifices.

It is what it is... doesn't translate literally...but i suppose if the word were an English word, it would be something like "Saintery"...

It's basically like African religion mixed with Catholicism... or, more accurately, Catholicism mixed with African religion.

Mostly practiced in the Hispanic areas of the Americas, due to the slave trade and heavy Spanish Catholic involvement. Since their native religion was often forbidden, the slaves began to attribute or equate saints with their gods to hide their practice.