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Santeria Garments and Altars: Speaking Without a Voice
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Santeria Garments and Altars: Speaking Without a Voice Paperback / softback - 2010

by Ysamur Flores-Pena

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Paperback / softback. New. As the fastest growing African-based religion in the United States, Santeria has stimulated many publications, but none prior to this book noted the special significance of its art and artists. In Santeria Garments and Altars, two distinguished folklorists and practitioners of the faith focus upon the artistry of garments and altars that are intrinsic to the worship.
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  • Title Santeria Garments and Altars: Speaking Without a Voice
  • Author Ysamur Flores-Pena
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 71
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Mississippi
  • Date 2010-12
  • Features Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9781617030673
  • ISBN 9781617030673
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: African
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
    • Ethnic Orientation: African
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Ethnic Orientation: Latino

From the publisher

Santera, also called Lucumi or Orisha Worship by its practitioners, originated in Nigeria among the Yoruba people. It took shape in Cuba during and after the slave trade and reached North America through Afro-Caribbean immigration. As the fastest growing African-based religion in the United States, Santera has stimulated many publications, but none prior to this book noted the special significance of its art and artists.

In Santera Garments and Altars, for the first time, two distinguished folklorists and practitioners of the faith focus upon the artistry of garments and altars that are intrinsic to the worship. Detailed here is information about their design and creation, the artists who make them, and the importance of aesthetics as text in the religious celebration.

About the author

Ysamur Flores-Pea is a folklorist, a priest, and a lifelong adherent to the Santera religion. Roberta J. Evanchuk is a folklorist and a convert to the Santera religion.