Dancing for the Saints in the Time of Covid-19: Responses to the 2020 Lockdown in Central Mexico

During religious feasts in the Teotihuacán and Texcoco regions northeast of Mexico City, people ‘dance for the saint,’ often to fulfill a vow made in a supplication for healing. Based on fieldwork carried out between 2011 and 2019, and online interviews and monitoring of Facebook postings in late 20...

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Authors: Robichaux, David (Author) ; Galván, Jorge Martínez (Author) ; Carvallo, José Manuel Moreno (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2021
In: Entangled Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 3
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mexico (Nordost) / Catholicism / Ritual dance / COVID-19 (Disease) / Influence
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CE Christian art
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBR Latin America
KCD Hagiography; saints
KDB Roman Catholic Church
RC Liturgy
RD Hymnology
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B popular religion
B coronavirus lockdown
B Media
B Mexico
B devotional dances
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