- "Mayombe" is a culture developped in Cuba by the slaves coming from Central Africa, specially from the Yombe ethnic group (one of the many "congo" or "bantu" groups), who worshiped Mother Nature by the name of "Ma Yombe", whose image could be considered a predecessor of Virgin Mary. This culture is maybe the most ancient culture in the world, and has some teachings dating from the matriarchal paleolithic era. - Mayombe is sometimes taken as witchcraft, also it is classified as polyteistic. But actually the Mayomberos (the followers of that culture in Cuba) believe in just one universal God called Nsambi who rules the world for good. Mayomberos accepted that Nsambi is the same as the christian God, just translated to Congo language. - This tradition survived thanks to the Cabildos (Councils), which were cultural and mutual aid organizations created by poor people of Cuba in the colonial times. The Cabildos Congos had a social influence b...
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