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Round 4: Tossup 10

New members of this religion exclusively wear white for one year. Followers of this religion sometimes conflate Santa Barbara with a thunder deity named Shango. This religion’s “four warrior deities” include Ochosi (15[1])and Ogun. Initiates to this religion are given sacred eleke beads inside an igbodu. A 1993 (*) Supreme Court case that reversed a ban on the right to sacrifice (-5[1])a chicken in the city of Hialeah was brought about by this religion’s Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye. Followers of this religion believe its creator god Olódùmarè (“OLL-oh-DEW-MAR-eh”) sent spirits called orishas to Earth. For 10 points, (-5[1])Yoruba and Catholic beliefs are blended in what syncretic Afro-Cuban religion? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Santería [or Regla de Ocha; accept Ìṣẹ̀ṣe; accept Order of Lucumí until “Lukumi” is read; prompt on Yoruba religion until read]
<Religion, Spencer Manning> | VAULT II Packet 04
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Alvan HossainLexington AWaltham A3115
Shreyas KandelaMansfield AWaltham B59-5
Daniel SheffieldBelmont BWellesley96-5
Alexander DuanLexington BMansfield B10810

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✓667%33%50%56.25
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓333%0%67%108.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓333%0%67%108.00
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓425%0%75%108.00
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓5100%40%40%54.40
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓333%0%33%52.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓40%0%75%
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓450%25%50%69.50
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓560%20%60%81.00
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓8100%50%38%48.63