Farewell to Fiestas and Saints? Changing Catholic Practices in Contemporary Rural Oaxaca by Toomas Gross

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Religious tourism in municipalities in the state of Amazonas by Maria Adriana S. B. Teixeira, Lúcia Cláudia Barbosa Santos, Maria Jacqueline Ramos Iwata, Anny Gabrielly Peixoto de Oliveira

“…The results showed that the main characteristics of the studied events are to keep the religious traditions passed down from generations, to strengthen the devotion to the local patron saint and to…”
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Intimità sacra e nuove appartenenze nella devozione dei Mauriziani induisti a Santa Rosalia (Palermo) by Eugenio Giorgianni

“…The research subjects position their worship of the patron saint – as the deity of their arrival city – alongside their devotion to Hindu female goddesses, by drawing analogies between local devotional practices and the religious experiences of postcolonial Mauritius. …”
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Urbanisation, migration, depopulation and virtual ritual community - the village kurban as a shared meal by Hristov Petko, Manova Tsvetana

“…In a selection of cases, the paper demonstrates how a blood sacrifice and a shared meal, as well as the symbolic use of the patron saint of a birthplace, recreates cohesion between the former members and the new migrants from the city to the village.…”
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