Sacred Spaces and Religious Traditions in Oriente Cuba

by Jualynne E. Dodson and Jose´ Millet Batista

Spaces set apart by religious practitioners to represent their understanding of the sacredness of their world provide useful windows into the collective history and the expression of ideas of a religion and its followers. Jualynne Dodson explores sacred spaces constructed between 1998 and 2007 by contemporary practitioners of four popular religions in Cuba's eastern Oriente region. Three of these religions, Palo Mayomb , Vod , and Muertera Bemb de...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826343538
• ISBN13: 9780826343536
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"