ancestors
Column: El Silbón, a Venezuelan Legend About the Ancestors
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Alan D.D. recalls a Venezuelan legend of a banshee named El Silbón, “The Whistler,” and contemplates the relationship we have with our ancestors.
ancestors
Columna: El Silbón, una leyenda Venezolana sobre los Ancestros
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Alan D.D. recalls a Venezuelan legend of a banshee named El Silbón, “The Whistler,” and contemplates the relationship we have with our ancestors.
Paganism
Column: Death in the Family
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“Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them.”- G. Eliot
I’ve always felt that the dead have a complicated life in Latin America. Although the Day of the Dead enters modernity through Mexico, the conversations and intimacy with death are profoundly embedded in and throughout Latino/Hispanic culture. Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz once commented ““The word death is not pronounced in New York, in Paris, in London, because it burns the lips. The Mexican, in contrast, is familiar with death, jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, celebrates it, it is one of his favorite toys and his most steadfast love.”
Paganism
Quick Note: The Importance of Afro-Latinos
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Creador Pictures has produced a new seven-part documentary series detailing the history and cultural contributions of African descendants in Latin America. Entitled “Afro-Latinos: The Untaught Story”, the series explores an often overlooked aspect of Latin American history.
“There are an estimated 200 million Afro-descendants throughout Latin America; yet the majority, have no political or economic power. Afro-Latinos: The Untaught Story will take you on a journey to meet Afro-Latinos throughout Spanish and Portuguese speaking nations of Central and South America and the Caribbean. It is the story of a shared history not found in textbooks.