What is a santaria?

First of all it is Santeria. This roughly translates as the Way of the Saints. Statues of Saints are used as objects of divination, often they are given different names than what would be used in say, sunday school . Some Santeria groups have apparently divinized the famed actor Charlie Chaplin. I have seen statues of Mr Chaplin in a black suit with bow tie and mustache, obviously Charlie Chaplin, in Botanicas often alongside statues of say, Joan of Arc or St. Theresa. Okay Chaplain ( not spelling) is an ecclesiastical title, but...)