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The short story "Our Language" by Yohanca Delgado is narrated by a ciguapa and follows her life story. The 2021 short film "La Ciguapa Siempre" written and directed by Monica Moore Suriyage concerns a young woman on a camping trip with her boyfriend in the woods, who discovers her true identity as a ciguapa.
In Honduras, she is known as "La Sucia" or Cigua. The most popular story describes her as a beautiful young woman denied marriage at the altar because she was unbaptized. She then wandered out of mind, never removing her increasingly filthy wedding dress until she died of heartbreak after her suitor married another woman.
About a love story during the Cuban revolution. 1985: Tras las huellas de Palau: René Fortunato: Francisco Arturo Palau: Documentary/Short: The history of the first Dominican filmmaker Francisco Palau, (1879–1937). 1988: Abril: La trinchera del honor: René Fortunato: Documentary
La Ciguapa: is a female character who comes out at night. She is naked with very long black hair, and her feet are backwards. She enchants the men she comes across. Los Indios (The Indians): are a group of men and women dressed in the typical native Taino Indian attire. They travel together representing Dominican origins.
Variations of the story exist, but in almost all of them, the spirit is a type of shapeshifter who exclusively preys on men. Name variations include Cihuanaba, Ciguanaba, and Ciguapa. La Llorona, or The Wailer, is an extremely widespread folklore story within Latin American countries. [26]
In Spanish, duende originated as a contraction of the phrase dueñ(o) de casa, effectively "master of the house", or alternatively, derived from some similar mythical being of the Visigoth or Swabian culture given its comparable looks with the “Tomte” of the Swedish language conceptualized as a mischievous spirit inhabiting a dwelling.
Throughout her work, Báez references symbols and figures from Dominican folklore and history that highlight different aspects of femininity, race, power, and nature. One recurring motif in her work is the Ciguapa that appeared in a series of works that she painted from 2005 to 2015. [28]
La Ciguapa Limón con sal Me enamoré Pa' otro la'o Procura Sol de Verano Pa' Otro La'o Baila venga, Chichi De Vuelta al Barrio El beso de Judas La Morena Si no te veo De Vuelta al Barrio La Zalamera Más Que Suficiente Tamborada Más Que Suficiente Amor Samurái La Negra Bella Dominicano De Aquel La'o del Río Con Fe La Hamaca de Dios De Que ...