Global Religious Festivals | Jennifer Scheper Hughes

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March 3, 2015
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“Religious Revival or Chalk Fight?” A reflection by Dr. Spencer Dew.

“This is a revival!” festival organizer Caru Das declared from the main stage.  Repeatedly throughout the two days of the Spanish Fork Festival of Colors at the Sri Sri Radha …

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March 3, 2015
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“Materiality and the Lord of Miracles”. A reflection by Connie Gagliardi.

My notes from the feast of El Senor de los Milagros are a haphazard collection of the fury of discoveries, queries, emotions and realizations that came upon me that weekend …

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March 3, 2015
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“The Multiple Meanings of the Señor de los Milagros.” A Reflection by Matthew Casey.

On October 19, 2014, Archbishop of Los Angeles José Gómez celebrated a special mass for el Señor de los Milagros, or the Lord of Miracles, referring to the image as …

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March 3, 2015
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“Martial Ritual and Transnational Migration.” A reflection by Valentina Napolitano.

Unique yet similar stories constellate the embodied experience of the devotion of the Lord of the Miracles across the world. Many years ago a ‘troublesome’ fellow Peruvian was standing by …

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March 2, 2015
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“Religion and Immigration: The Day of the Dead Altar.” A reflection by Jennifer Scheper Hughes

Californians now have a way to honor and remember their dead. We no longer have to mourn them in private. The Day of the Dead public altar creates intimacy and …

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March 2, 2015
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“Theoretical sketches on Noche de Altares,” by Romi Mukherjee.

The following constitute a series of “theoretical sketches” which attempt, in a non-exhaustive manner to identify and distill some of the key nodal points of the anthropology of the Day …

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March 2, 2015
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“Specters of Race at Day of the Dead.” A reflection by Daisy Vargas.

As gentrification and economic development threaten immigrant spaces and histories in Santa Ana, activists have engaged local community to claim their place in the city by contesting governmental policies through …

 
January 22, 2015
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September 8, 2013
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The aborigine, apparently uninjured, climbed quickly into the skiff, and seizing the spear with me helped to hold off the infuriated creature. Blood from the wounded reptile was now …

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September 7, 2013
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The aborigine, apparently uninjured, climbed quickly into the skiff, and seizing the spear with me helped to hold off the infuriated creature. Blood from the wounded reptile was now …