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Asking for and Giving Thanks for Miracles Granted: The History, Practices, and Social Significance of Votive Offerings in the Chapel of Jesús Malverde

  • Diana María Perea Romo

This article examines votive offerings and votive practices at the Jesús Malverde Chapel, located in Culiacán, Sinaloa. Here, the ex-voto is approached as a religious expression through which a community of believers has, for more than a century, expressed both their requests and their public gratitude. To this end, we examine a collection of 200 offerings displayed on the chapel’s walls; their images and texts allow us to analyze the religious practices of the devotees: petitions, expressions of gratitude, and testimonies of miracles, as well as the social significance of these objects and the issues for which believers seek or give thanks for divine intercession.