In the Western world, Christmas is celebrated in December, but in Quinamayó, a town located in the Colombian Pacific region, the largely Afro-Colombians celebrate the holiday in mid-February. The doll is followed by singers, children wearing angel costumes and ‘soldiers’ who “protect the newborn Black God during the parade so that it arrives safe and sound,” […]
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