ICaribbean ingenye yezindawo zeplanethi lapho kutholakala khona amasiko amaningi. Ngaphezu kwabantu bomdabu baseMelika, ukufika kwamakoloni aseSpain futhi, kamuva, ukufika kwezigqila ezivela e-Afrika, kwabangela ukuhlangana kwamasiko amaningi.
La ISantería, enye yezinkolelo ezisakazeke kakhulu kulo lonke elaseCaribbean, iyisibonelo salokhu kuhlangana. Yize ibinedumela elibi kule minyaka edlule, uhlelo lokukholelwa njenganoma iyiphi enye, kude nobuthakathi noma umlingo omnyama.
ISanteria inezimpande zayo ku- Isizwe samaYoruba kusuka e-Afrika. AmaYoruba ayehlala endaweni manje eyiNigeria, ngasemfuleni iNiger. Babenesakhiwo esinamandla esihlelwe emibusweni ebaluleke kunazo zonke kwakuyiBenin. Ngokufanayo, amaYoruba futhi ayengabantu abaphucukile kakhulu abanamasiko acebile nomuzwa ojulile wokuziphatha. Asibhekene nezinkolo zasendulo noma imikhuba njengoba izamile ukusenza sikholelwe.
Ngenkoloni ye-Afrika ngabaseYurophu, amaYoruba agqilazwa futhi ayiswa ezingxenyeni ezihlukene zaseMelika, ikakhulukazi emazweni aseCaribbean naseBrazil. Imithetho yaseSpain yayifuna ukuthi izigqila zibhapathizwe ukuze zingene eLas Indias futhi zazinqatshelwe ekusebenzeni izinkolo zazo.
AmaYoruba, ukunqanda lokhu kuvinjelwa, akhomba onkulunkulu bawo base-Afrika, ababizwa Orishas, okungonkulunkulu abalawula izici ezahlukahlukene zomhlaba, nabaSanta bamaKatolika, okuholele ekuvumelaniseni inkolo okwaziwa ngeSanteria.
Amazwe lapho umkhuba weSanteria usabalele kakhulu yiCuba, iPuerto Rico, iDominican Republic, iPanama, iVenezuela, iBrazil, iColombia nezindawo ezinabantu abaningi baseSpain e-United States.
Kubo bonke, iSanteria yaseCuba ingesinye sezidume kakhulu futhi sisabalele futhi singesinye sezihlelwe kakhulu.
ISanteria ingemva kweVoodoo (okwamanje ihunyushwe kabi uma uyixoxa nomlingo omnyama akukho okunye) eCaribbean baxuba i-voodoo elethwe izigqila zase-Afrika nobuKatolika obuphethwe abaseSpain.