Friday, June 28, 2013
Pastora Carmen Colon-Brown
I think I enjoyed Pastora Carmen's presentation to us the best. Her sharing of her family's stories brought to life similar tales from When I was Puerto Rican. It was interesting to hear her story about how her family used nick names so exclusively that it wasn't until the funeral for the person that the official name was known. I thought it was interesting to hear all the things her family attributed to the lack of the evil eye- protecting baby bracelet. Although my mother had been raised in a Norwegian Lutheran Church, I had never heard of the Deaconess path of service within that Church. One of the churches she operates out of is very close to my school so it would be within reach of my students who a not yet driving .
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Her talk about the eveil eye protection bracelet was very interesting and eye opening. I have heard of other culture rituals, but not anything like this!
ReplyDeleteThat was a new one for me as well. I would like to see one.
ReplyDeleteI had heard of the evil eye bracelets, but I didn't realize exactly the theory behind what they protect the baby against. I loved to see how much she could relate to Negi's experience. I was also surprised by the fact that many people actually don't know the names of their friends and family members until some official ceremony takes place.
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