tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post2029694343949040764..comments2023-10-11T09:11:45.658-06:00Comments on Plucky Punk's Happy Land...Grr...Spit...: People I'll probably Never KnowVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08897350435770099399noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-6387257601494842202008-04-27T19:50:00.000-06:002008-04-27T19:50:00.000-06:00Cargo cults and Santeria-excellent. You can't stop...Cargo cults and Santeria-excellent. You can't stop blogging, no one else has comment threads mentioning John Frum.<BR/><BR/>In an anthro aside:<BR/><BR/>My husband is in the other room playing with the kid and I hear him saying (about cave paintings at Altimira):<BR/><BR/>That kid probably got in trouble for drawing on the walls...(calling to me) hey, we should make a spear-thrower!"<BR/><BR/>If you hear about an atl atl accident in rural Nebraska, you'll know who it was. <BR/><BR/>Your little cousin is too cute. BTW, belated birthday wishes.Goodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383404429461423998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-20540263610058092822008-04-23T13:29:00.000-06:002008-04-23T13:29:00.000-06:00OMG, they are the Catholic-est!My grandmother's ho...OMG, they are the Catholic-est!<BR/><BR/>My grandmother's house in Miami has a huge floor-to-ceiling image of the Madonna and Child with giant plastic pink rosary beads the size of your head draped across it.<BR/><BR/>I too like the Caribbean Catholicism, but my favorite Christian synchretism has to be the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frum" REL="nofollow">John Frum</A> people. It's absolutely fascinating, as a student of cultural anthropology, to study a religion whose origin you can examine so closely.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897350435770099399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-1418257042547040012008-04-23T08:21:00.000-06:002008-04-23T08:21:00.000-06:00Vanessa, is your Cuban family Catholic? Do they p...Vanessa, is your Cuban family Catholic? Do they practice?<BR/><BR/>Caribbean Christianity, mixed with Santeria, etc = one of my favorite morphs of Catholicism! Very similar to tarot, Voodoo, lots of archetypes, etc. <BR/><BR/>(I ask because I see two, maybe three, religious medals.)Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16354486841414802245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-17999752713563926842008-04-23T08:08:00.000-06:002008-04-23T08:08:00.000-06:00Very nice! And that child is adorable!!!! (((cut...Very nice! And that child is adorable!!!! <I>(((cutie))))</I><BR/><BR/>(As I age, I find I am pathologically UNABLE to REFRAIN from commenting on cat/dog/children/happy lovers/old people photos... and you have <I>two</I> of those!)Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16354486841414802245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-41333468846362816222008-04-22T23:55:00.000-06:002008-04-22T23:55:00.000-06:00beautiful.beautiful.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.com