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Religion & Spirituality
En los últimos veinte años, la santería, práctica espiritual cubana de origen yoruba, y su música, han experimentado un auge significativo en México.
Over the last twenty years, the Cuban Yoruba-derived spiritual practice of Santería and its music have exploded in Mexico.
The dance tradition has survived five centuries of cultural changes and fused Mexico’s pre-Hispanic past with its present.
Jackson’s company, Chopped & Served, carves out space for Blewish culinary traditions and identity in an otherwise mostly white Jewish community.
Many have adapted the word “syncretic” to describe Yoeme faith in its present state: a reconciliation of two different religious traditions.
Traditionally, there should always be twelve meatless dishes served for svyata vecherya, or Christmas Eve dinner.
Moroles has dedicated her life to creating healing space for Indigenous women who have been displaced from their lands across the Americas.
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