People commemorate one of these beings on Candlemas by sending gifts for her on small boats out to sea. Stones (-5[1])representing these beings are held in porcelain vessels named soperas. All-white clothing is worn to invoke one of these figures referred to as the “Father of Creation.” (10[1]-5[1])Small cement heads are often erected outside (10[1])homes (-5[1])to obtain the protection (-5[1])of one of (-5[1])these figures who wears a red and black hat named (10[1]-5[3])Elegua. (-5[9])Drums called bata (-5[2])are played (-5[1])to summon (-5[2])these figures (10[1])in the hope (10[1])that they (-5[1])will possess people who are attending (-5[2])a feast. (10[1]-5[2])In the practice (10[1])of matanza, (-5[1])animals are sacrificed to these beings, (10[1])who were sent to Earth (10[1])by Olódùmarè. (-5[3])For 10 points, (10[1])religions like Candomblé (10[1])and (-5[1])Santeria (10[2])syncretize (10[1])Catholic saints with what spirits from Yoruba (-5[1])religion? (10[2]-5[1])■END■ (10[16]0[33])