Articles about "cult of Jesus Malverde"

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The dynamics of salvation goods in the cult of Jesus Malverde: A photographic essay on popular religiosity in Mexico.

  • Arturo Fabian Jimenez

This photo essay examines the production and dynamics of salvation goods in the cult of Jesus Malverde, a prominent phenomenon within popular religiosity in Mexico. During the annual May 3 festivity in Culiacán, these goods are especially visible and are continually renewed. The essay documents how the supply of these goods remains dynamic in a back and forth of traditions and innovations, adapting to the demands of the devotees and ensuring the validity of the cult in the Mexican religious market. Photographic observation captures the evolution of these practices and the diversification of salvation goods by showing how the cult of Jesus Malverde reinvents itself, making it relevant to the study of Mexican popular religiosity.