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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Books by Chico Sanchez

México con Alma

Big, thick, coffee table style book with 253 pages featuring travel pictures from across Mexico. Focusing in culture, architecture, arqueology, among other travel subjets. Published as collectors item. Not for sale.

  

México Essential Soul

Big, thick, coffee table style book with 263 pages featuring my travel pictures from across Mexico. Focusing in culture, architecture, arqueology, traditions, among other travel subjets. The images run full page and are accompanied by poetic texts by Alejandra Uhthoff in English and Spanish.

México Alma Natural

Big, thick, coffee table style book with 263 pages featuring my travel pictures from across Mexico, focusing on nature.

From the desert of Baja California to El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, the home of the mythical Quetzal bird, images run full page and are accompanied by poetic texts by Alejandra Uhthoff in English and Spanish.



If you read in Spanish contact me and I'll send you my autobiographical book: El curso de la vida

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Petenera

Sharing my latest audiovisual about the Petenera Flamenca, a flamenco music style that branches off from the music of Peteneras, folk music with roots in both México and Spain.

The Petenera flamenca has been always surrounded in mystery, and has been one of the richest styles of flamenco music. Some believe it came from the Caribbean in Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Other say the name "Petenera" comes from the name of the people who live in Peten, Guatemala. Others see its origins in religious and Gregorian Christian chants. Yet others point to the songs of the Spain´s King Alfonso X "The Wise".

During the 18th century, a female singer from Paterna de Rivera, called "La Petenera", put her signature on the Flamenco Petenera, making it very popular in southern Spain. Today the people from this town are the guardians of this style of flamenco.

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