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Chile


Patagonia

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Animitas, Shrines,
Injun Signs

and more


You will find these things all over South America.
Many serve as memento mori to those killed in traffic accidents.
Others give an opportunity to pledge an offering to a heathen or catholic saint
you need a favor from, or in thanks for one granted

wreath





truck animita
Animitas



San Expedito
Gauchito Gil
Difunta Correa
San Expedito Gauchito Gil Difunta Correa


Boy, are these regions superstitious.
No doubt the church, as is its long-standing well-paying habit, will assimilate the more succesful ones.
and they will join that old standby

maria
Santa Maria



Injun Sign
Injun Signs



Don't get fooled...
they're not all shrines!
bus stop     bus stop    bus stop
these are bus stops

Curaçao shrine
small shrine in Willemstad, Curaçao
from my movie Edgar Palm en Otrabanda



graveyards
Patagonia graveyards


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