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Worshippers carry a statue of St. Barbara during a procession in her honor in Havana, on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. Through the island's syncretism blending European and African traditions, St. Barbara is associated in the Santeria religion as Chango, the god of war. Cuban believers pay tribute to both St. Barbara and Chango through offerings of flowers and fruit and burning candles, and through the beating of drums. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)