Mexican Death Saint

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A cult in Mexico has been growing to worship the Santa Muerte or Holy Death, a kind of female incarnation of the Grim Reaper. In this pod, VC2 producer Ioan Grillo and Journalist Daniel Hernandez go deep into Santa Muerte's spiritual center in Tepito, an old market neighborhood in the heart of Mexico City, which has long been associated with the criminal underworld to learn more about this new religious movement gaining traction at the fringe of mexican culture.
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  • video added November 25, 2008

13 comments // Mexican Death Saint // Video

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    this is a fantastic pod. really good job.

    vc2outreach
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    http://current.com/items/89557968/bargains_in_mexico...

    word up. more from mexico! check out two pods that I shot that are related to this pod:

    http://current.com/items/88870418/virgin_of_east_la.htm#responses

    BooksBrown
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    Excellent. Well done. I'd be interested to see the philosophy dissected at length.

    shabdsingh
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    Death doesn't discriminate, someone's got to respect that.

    wild_kat
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    I've always loved the Mexican attitude towards death - things like this and the Day of the Dead show how death is just another thing like the rest

    nazbags
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    loved this pod, gave me a good insight into their beliefs

    PocketCup
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    at least they are showing respect to somthing witch we all know actually exist. unlike basicly all religions.

    RIVA_C
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    this is a great pod about the underground life in Mexico City. Congratuations!

    aquevedo
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    Great one! I really enjoyed watching it!

    tursiops
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    I love stuff like this, good job!

    St_Alia_10191
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    the point at which we stop organizing religion, we will have transcended the need to divide it into good (and Or vs etc) evil, life, death . This religion is encompassed in the movement called the deepening. We must allow life to be all encompassing if we are to continue to find a place for all that is. As you too awaken to yourself this process will unfold for you as well...then you will see there is only you and the great protector as ONE...if you truely know this and experience it; embodied freedom is yours. As Santa Muerte is a part of our world everyone will benefit by allowing her due space.

    poppys4cast
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    http://current.com/items/89727815/the_minister_of_de...

    Wudup? I'm back with another Pod related to Mexican Death Saint, at least tangetially...please check out my pod, Minister of Death, and comment and vote!

    BooksBrown
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    This pod is copied almost word for word and scene for scene from the film La Santa Muerte, Saint Death, by Sundance-winning director Eva Aridjis, narrated by Gael Garcia Bernal. They even interview the same people in the same village. Current could have vetted this with a simple google search.

    dietbetsy

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