Religious Holidays
Religious holidays in New York’s Latin communities rarely belong to just one tradition. A Catholic feast day for the Virgen del Carmen is also Mamacha Carmen to Peruvian devotees and, for some in the Haitian diaspora, a day tied to Erzulie Dantò. This subcategory covers the feast days, processions, and observances where Catholic, Indigenous, and African diasporic spiritual traditions meet, layer, and coexist across NYC’s Latin, African, and Indigenous communities.
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Virgen del Carmen: a Marian Devotion that Unites Latin America’s Indigenous, African, and European Roots
From Mount Carmel to the Canaries, to Chile and Paucartambo, Peru…Dios te salve Maria…
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Ramadan is the Muslim Holy Month of Faith, Family, Community, and Charity
Everywhere you can see the moonrise ☪️
