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Folk healing has been part of the Mexican culture since pre-Columbian days. This tradition still flourishes in the Mexican American communities of the lower Rio Grande Valley. This film follows three healers in their daily work. Josefa, a traditional curandera, uses a variety of herbal and spiritual...

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Other Authors: Delgado, Monica, Van Wagenen, Michael
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1997.
Series:Filmakers Library online.
Subjects:
Healers > Texas > Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Healing > Texas > Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Mexican Americans > Medicine > Texas > Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Traditional medicine > Texas > Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Guérisseurs > Texas > Basse vallée du Rio Grande.
Guérison > Texas > Basse vallée du Rio Grande.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Médecine > Texas > Basse vallée du Rio Grande.
Healers
Healing
Mexican Americans > Medicine
Traditional medicine
Texas > Lower Rio Grande Valley
Documentary.
Encoded moving images.
Nonfiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction films.
Films autres que de fiction.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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