El monte

Cabrera, Lydia

ISBN 10: 0897290097 / ISBN 13: 9780897290098

Published by Ediciones Universal, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: El monte
• Publisher: Ediciones Universal
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN 10: 0897290097
• ISBN 13: 9780897290098
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

This is the most important and recognized book of the many written by Lydia Cabrera on the history, customs and religious rites of Afro-Cubans.The Cuban black mixed his customs and this syncretism is essential in Cuban culture. In El Monte, the reader will find all the history and contributions of the Cuban black including religious syncretism, the uses of plants to cure diseases, the many ways of talking that are already part of the everyday language of Cubans.