Latin American Folk Saints


	Latin American Folk Saints
Spiritualmonkey
6-24-2009 3:38 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/32fc2e5a-d85c-408d-8409-d78db346e5f9/3DF7351B-A013-4387-943C-F4995EDB2EDA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maxim%C3%B3n&oldid=295531664" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maxim%C3%B3n&oldid=295531664" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maxim%C3%B3n&oldid=295531664"><P><B>Maximón</B> is a <A title="Saint" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint">saint</A> venerated in various forms by <A class="mw-redirect" title="Maya people" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_people">Maya people</A> of several towns in the <A title="Highland (geography)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_(geography)">highlands</A> of Western <A title="Guatemala" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala">Guatemala</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maxim%C3%B3n&oldid=295531664">Worshippers offer <A title="Money" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money">money</A>, <A title="Distilled beverage" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distilled_beverage">spirits</A> and <A title="Cigar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigar">cigars</A> or <A title="Cigarette" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette">cigarettes</A> to gain his favour in exchange for good health, good crops, and marriage counseling, amongst other favours. The effigy invariably has a lit cigarette or cigar in its mouth, and in some places, it will have a hole in its mouth to allow the attendants to give it spirits to drink</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maxim%C3%B3n&oldid=295531664"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/006234B3-CF85-49DF-B20C-A7F31A9DCA60" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.buriedmirror.com/latest/2008/02/11/scratchboard-maximon/" href="http://www.buriedmirror.com/latest/2008/02/11/scratchboard-maximon/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.buriedmirror.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.buriedmirror.com/latest/2008/02/11/scratchboard-maximon/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.buriedmirror.com/img/49137BAF-2FF0-4854-954C-53DC64068423" alt="maximon figure" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=San_La_Muerte&oldid=287110820" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=San_La_Muerte&oldid=287110820" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=San_La_Muerte&oldid=287110820"><B>San La Muerte</B> (Saint Death) is a <A class="mw-redirect" title="Religious" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious">religious</A> figure who is worshiped in <A title="Paraguay" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay">Paraguay</A>, the Northeast of <A title="Argentina" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina">Argentina</A> (mainly in the province of <A title="Corrientes Province" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrientes_Province">Corrientes</A> but also in <A class="mw-redirect" title="Misiones" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misiones">Misiones</A>, <A title="Chaco Province" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaco_Province">Chaco</A> and <A title="Formosa Province" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formosa_Province">Formosa</A>) and southern <A title="Brazil" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil">Brazil</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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