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What sets the "witches" of Latin America apart from their European counterparts is the blend of religiosity and spirituality. Latin American "witches" are rooted in African magic, European spiritualism, and Indigenous practices, making them practice an integrated version of spirituality. [8] [need quotation to verify]
Catrinas, one of the most popular figures of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico.. There are extensive and varied beliefs in ghosts in Mexican culture.In Mexico, the beliefs of the Maya, Nahua, Purépecha; and other indigenous groups in a supernatural world has survived and evolved, combined with the Catholic beliefs of the Spanish.
Supposedly, witchcraft and public executions were common there. The most active ghost in the property is a boy named Julian who committed suicide after being raped during the 1920s. [133] [134] Legend also says a few Mexican folklore demons can be seen, such as the Xtabay and chaneque. [135]
Among some of the illnesses that curanderos treat are: espanto ("scare") or susto ("fright"); detaching or warding off vampiric espiritus (spirits); defending against or negating brujeria ("witchcraft" or "sorcery"), such as mal de ojo ("evil eye") or other ill intent; clearing illnesses associated with mal aire or mal viento ("evil air" or ...
A 'brujo,' Spanish for male witch, uses branches to perform a cleansing in Mexico for Robert Almonte (right). Almonte, a retired U.S. lawman, who now teaches American police about Mexican cartels.
María Sabina Magdalena García (22 July 1894 – 22 November 1985) [1] was a Mazatec sabia (wise woman), [2] shaman and poet [3] who lived in Huautla de Jiménez, a town in the Sierra Mazateca area of the Mexican state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. [4]
Hinojosa, a Mexican-American journalist, is the anchor and executive producer of Latino USA, a public radio show devoted to Latino issues. She helped launch Latino USA in 1992 and has also worked ...
Statue of La Llorona on an island of Xochimilco, Mexico, 2015. La Llorona (Latin American Spanish: [la ʝoˈɾona]; ' the Crying Woman, the Weeping Woman, the Wailer ') is a vengeful ghost in Mexican folklore who is said to roam near bodies of water mourning her children whom she drowned in a jealous rage after discovering her husband was unfaithful to her.