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An introduction to an ancient art form that still endures
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An important and thorough account of Euskadi, a culturally distinctive region occupying an area on either side of the border between France and Spain at the western end of the Pyrenees. Includes geography, history, language, religion, politics, industry, statistics, the arts, media, and folklore, among other topics. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
With a riotous mix of saints and devils, street theater and dancing, and music and fireworks, Christian festivals are some of the most lively and colorful spectacles that occur in Spain and its former European and American possessions. That these folk celebrations, with roots reaching back to medieval times, remain vibrant in the high-tech culture of the twenty-first century strongly suggests that they also provide an indispensable vehicle for expressing hopes, fears, and desires that people can articulate in no other way. In this book, Max Harris explores and develops principles for understanding the folk theology underlying patronal saints' day festivals, feasts of Corpus Christi, and Carn...
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