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“Sarita Colonia Comes Flying”, written by Eduardo González Viaña is my favourite article of the two for this week, because of how mundane I find it. A regular, everyday woman, who died of an illness became a massive staple to a community of outcasts in Peru. As per the excerpt we read from Viaña’s novel,Continue reading "Week 8: SARITA COLONIA COMES FLYING by Eduardo González Viaña" read full post >>

Initially, I was very excited to be reading about a cult, but I actually left this reading with an entirely different interpretation of what a cult is and its significance within a culture. What shocked me was how the cult of Maria Lionza is far more organized as a religious unit than what my biased […] read full post >>

The cult of Maria Lionza is very fascinating to read. It reminded me a little of the novel Halfbreed by Maria Campbell. Not only because the two have the same name but because the two are kind of novelty in the mixed nationhood narrative. As well as being indigenous and women of colour. However, in […] read full post >>

The cult of Maria Lionza is very fascinating to read. It reminded me a little of the novel Halfbreed by Maria Campbell. Not only because the two have the same name but because the two are kind of novelty in the mixed nationhood narrative. As well as being indigenous and women of colour. However, in […] read full post >>

This week’s readings gave me an interesting look at the origins and modifications that can occur in religious tradition and practices. Although I have read briefly about how the major religions of today were formed themselves as having many elements derived from previous pagan religions, I did not quite know how recent many of these …

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For this week’s reading(s), I found the content of Canals’ article intriguing but found his ‘take-away’ message a bit alarming. The positive aspect I want to address is that exposure to a Latin American religion other than catholicism is always welcome, since popular media does not make it readily available.  I appreciate how Canals’ anthropological… read full post >>

What fascinated me in Canals’ article was his discussion on Maria Lionza’s “double possession”. I found it quite intriguing how Lionza’s spirit can possess the medium, in this case Barbara, first in the “Indian” form, and secondly, in the form of a “white woman”; this phenomenon quite symbolically speaks to the plurality of this saint’s […] read full post >>

What fascinated me in Canals’ article was his discussion on Maria Lionza’s “double possession”. I found it quite intriguing how Lionza’s spirit can possess the medium, in this case Barbara, first in the “Indian” form, and secondly, in the form of a “white woman”; this phenomenon quite symbolically speaks to the plurality of this saint’s […] read full post >>

For this week’s reading(s), I found the content of Canals’ article intriguing but found his ‘take-away’ message a bit alarming. The positive aspect I want to address is that exposure to a Latin American religion other than catholicism is always welcome, since popular media does not make it readily available.  I appreciate how Canals’ anthropological… read full post >>

Wow. There was so much to unpack this week. I found this weeks readings particularly interesting, and I think there... read full post >>