A Caribbean religious term for a shrine or sacred space dedicated to the Yoruba orishas, maintained in the context of African-derived religious traditions in the Caribbean such as Trinidad's Orisha faith. The word reflects the persistence of Yoruba religious vocabulary in Caribbean communities descended from enslaved Africans.
The elder tended the perogun with fresh offerings each morning.
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(Caribbean) A kind of shrine to the orishas.
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