Latino patrons keep the faith in curanderos
Tagged: novela, telenovelaLatinos who curanderos help are as diverse as ritual remedies
“At 50, Rosario Nañez sports an urbane air, stylish hair, Euro-chic clothes and a slick business card that belie her role as a third-generation resident folk healer, or curandera, to hundreds of faithful, mainly immigrant Hispanics.
At Martha’s Yerberia on far east Harrisburg, Martha Cedillo, also 50, awaits clients while watching telenovelas on a TV that seems incongruous amid her mysterious wares. Cedillo speaks no English, performs Tarot readings and believes in the spiritual, but she says she is first and foremost a businesswoman.”
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FUENTE TRADUCIDO: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish
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August 13th, 2006
FUENTE TRADUCIDO: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish
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