Santa Muerte, the Mexican saint of death, is believed to champion the marginalized, and as NYC's undocumented community grows, so does her following. Last week WNYC visited the kickoff for her birthday party: a religious procession in Corona, Queens.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.A Mexican religious subculture surrounding the folk deity Santa Muerte is growing in Queens. Her name translates as “St. Death,” and her followers say she watches over the marginalized and undocumented without judgment.
Santa Muerte is the second-most popular folk saint in Mexico. Her name translates as “St. Death,” and her followers say she watches over the marginalized and undocumented without judgment.But many of her followers say that as the religion gains traction, Santa Muerte's devotees are becoming more diverse. They now include more undocumented immigrants, more LGBTQ people, and some who see Santa Muerte as a type of extension of the Day of the Dead.
Santa Muerte devotees carry statues of the folk deity along the procession toward Club Cultural de Queens in Corona.Members of Banda La Grande de New York conclude the procession outside the Club Cultural de Queens.As the celebrations kicked off, devotees lined up to place statues of the saint at the altar. Santa Muerte is usually depicted with a skeletal female frame that resembles the Grim Reaper.
“Before I used to have only Mexican people,” he said. “Now, I have people from Honduras, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala.”
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