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...days ago, Father Marco Mercado, of the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Little Village, visited a parishioner's home. As is common in Mexican residences, there was an altar with several Catholic saints. One statue, however, stood out: Santa Muerte. Father Mercado recalls telling the parishioner, "This is Santeria - it's not good! It's not at all connected with the Catholic faith." Many of Good Shepherd's roughly 3,000 parishioners have ignored Father Mercado's calls to destroy their Santa Muerte statues, candles and prayer cards, fearing that doing so will bring sudden death to themselves or family...
...assuming your visit is licensed by the U.S. Treasury Department--follow Calle Obispo, which begins about a block from the Parque Central. Here you find dozens of "galleries"--usually the front room of a private home--where artists sell often fine work for low prices. Small oil paintings of Santeria saints go for as little as $25, while some serious larger paintings cost $150 to $300. That's cash. No U.S. credit cards or traveler's checks are accepted in Cuba. Private art galleries disappear overnight, as do the famed paladares (private dining rooms, often in Cuban homes...
...proved that this band has stage presence. With Pete Kennedy '03 on drums, guitarist Joe Linhart '03, Jon Wallace (a Tufts first-year) on bass and the multitalented Robbie Lee '03 switching between the saxophone, flute and keyboard, Nano played out a short sampler of covers like Sublime's "Santeria" as well as original songs such as "Ivy" and "I Think I Like You More Than You Like Me." During "Brooklyn to Columbia," undoubtedly the band's most popular song as well as the catchiest part of their repertoire, established fans belted out the words...
Jalane D. Schmidt, a teaching fellow for one of Matory's classes, said this bembe might disabuse people of the misconception that Santeria includes devil-worshipping and human sacrifice...
...There has always been a veneer of secrecy about [Santeria], but now it's above ground," she said...