A background look on Curanderismo (By: Jacqueline Perez)
All About Raving
The Origin of Raves Raving has been around for a very long time, tracing its origins all the way back to the 1950s. While the raves we know and love today did not emerge until the 1980s, the term rave was used in late 1950s London to signify some truly wild bohemian parties. Since then, it evolved in the 1960s to mean a wild event in general along with the party people who attended them. This said, it was not until the 1980s when the word rave become popular in use with the signifying accompanying electronic music; this trend evolved in the next couple of decades to be the truly spectacular social events that we know and love today. Raves in the Present So far, a lot has been said on the origin of raves but what about the ones that occur in the present? To really get a feel for why raves are the way they are today, it takes tracing back to the 90s which saw the emerging music genre start to gain traction and become popular. Since then ...
nice! i wonder why we (as a society) are so much less inclined to adopt spiritual cures on top of physical medicine.
ReplyDeleteHey Jacqueline. I liked learning about curanderos and curandeiros. You did a good job covering the what and why concept of a curanderismo. It was interesting to see why Hispanic culture accepted this type of healer due to economic struggles. It makes sense. Great post!
ReplyDeleteSome families actually give babies bracelets to prevent people from giving them the evil eye. I don't remember if it is mentioned in the reading or not but I know people can give babies the evil eye without knowing. Interesting thing is that apparently in my family it is well known that my grandfather is one of these people I don't know why exactly but I thought it was interesting. Thank you for your post!
ReplyDeleteGreat presentation, the reading was easy and forward, and love the balance of positive and negative color choices. and the did you know section is well delivered!
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