Todos Santos in rural Tlaxcala : a syncretic, expressive, and symbolic analysis of the cult of the dead

Todos Santos in rural Tlaxcala : a syncretic, expressive, and symbolic analysis of the cult of the dead /

The cult of the dead, centered on Todos Santos, the All Saints Day-All Souls Day celebration, is one of the most important aspects of Mesoamerican Indian and mestizo religion. Focusing on rural Tlaxcala, in Mexico, Hugo Nutini presents a thorough description and analysis of the cult in its syncretic...

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Main Author: Nutini, Hugo G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1988
Series:Princeton legacy library
Subjects:
Nahuas > Religion.
All Saints' Day > Mexico > Tlaxcala (State)
All Souls' Day > Mexico > Tlaxacala (State)
Nahuas > Acculturation.
Syncretism (Religion) > Mexico > Tlaxcala (State)
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