Corpus Christi (Body of Christ)

An audio-slide show about a rural village's celebration of Corpus Christi, where people in El Gastor in the Sierra de Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain, venerate Christ with natures' gifts, flowers and altars.

Interview with Jose Luis Iglesias Palacios. Music by Gastorenian pipe player Juan Cruz Valle. Processional march music by Banda de Musica Gastoreña.

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Fatima

Sharing "Fatima", a very short audio-slide show about a religious celebration in the tiny village of El Gastor in Spain´s Sierra de Cádiz, Andalusía.

Local women host the statue of Our Lady of Fatima in their homes every day of May, creating altars to place her on. Other villagers gather at the homes, sharing company and food.

Since today´s young aren´t interested in this tradition, this Our Lady of Fatima celebration from El Gastor, like many other traditional Catholic rituals, it´s likely to disappear with today´s senior generation.

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Silence

Silence is an audio-slide show with pictures and sounds taken during Easter Holy Week in Astorga, Castilla y Leon, Spain. Includes an interview with Enrique Soto de Soto. The music is played by Banda de Cornetas y Tambores de Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno y Maria Santisima de la Soledad and the pipes song is played by Banda de Gaitas Sartaina.

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Coming back home. Day of the Dead in Oaxaca, México

I´m sharing my most recent audio-slide show about The Day of the Dead tradition en Oaxaca, Mexico. This celebration mixes ancient Pre-Hispanic traditions with the European tradition of the Catholic All Souls Day.

Every year Oaxacans decorate their cemeteries with flowers and candles. They create bountiful altars filled with food and drink, for their loved ones who have passed who return home on this special day for a visit.

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I interviewed Jose Hernandez Alaves, a candle maker in the town of Teotitlan del Valle. The music bands are ¨Los Reformistas¨ from Teotitlan del Valle and ¨Oro de Oaxaca¨ from
San Jeronimo Tlacochahuaya. The last song was recorded from a band playing a funeral song during an actual funeral process that I witnessed at the cemetery in Santa Ana Zegache.

This audiovisual also includes the following places:  Mitla, San Martin Tilcajete, San Sebastian Abasolo, Santa Maria del Tule and Oaxaca de Juarez.