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Capturing the Living Gods
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The Independent Weekly profiles a new book by Claire Garoutte and Anneke Wambaugh entitled "Crossing the Water: A Photographic Path to the Afro-Cuban Spirit World". The two photographer's "visual ethnography" follows Santiago Castaneda Vera, a veteran practitioner of several strains of African diasporic religion, through several rites and ceremonies. Yemaya's throne. "Castaneda's way of combining the traditions is idiosyncratic and based on his personal gifts: Born into a religious family in rural Santiago, he started communicating with the dead at age 8, leading to his initiation in Palo Monte.
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