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curanderismo /cu·ran·de·ris·mo/ (koo-ron″dĕ-riz´mo) a traditional Mexican-American healing system combining various theoretical elements into a holistic approach to illness and believing that disease may have not only natural but also spiritual causes.
curanderismo, Curanderismo (kōōˈ·rän·de·rēzˑ·mō), n Mexican-American healing tradition with roots in Moorish, Greek, Judeo-Christian, and Native American practices and beliefs. The Curandero (or healer) is consulted by the people in his community for help and spiritual assistance to resolve health, relational, and financial problems. Continues to be practiced in various forms throughout Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American communities today. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To give an idea of the range of topics addressed in the 100 tautly written, yet accessible, signed entries (each about three or four pages long, with references and further reading lists), here's a sampling of topics: aesthetics, assimilation, curanderismo, environmentalism, Islam, Jews, justice, language, mission system, reconquista, sexuality, spiritual hybridity, transnationalism, US political parties, and Virgin Mary. Used by many Mexican-Americans to supplement conventional medicine, curanderismo is a mind-body-spirit healing approach steeped in tradition and ceremony. He stated: "The phenomenon of folk-healing or Curanderismo is not diminishing, not in Texas or any place in Latin America. |
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