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Arely Vazquez sets up an altar to the image of Santa Muerte after a procession in the Queens borough of New York City on August 12, 2023. Prayers, offerings and blind faith are the cocktail of the devotion to Santa Muerte, a cult introduced in the US by the large Mexican community, which every year celebrates in the populous neighborhood of Queens a feast to its “saint” in gratitude for the favors granted. Vazquez, the movement's main priest, or “madrina”, in the US, said following Santa Muerte is a “faith, a devotion” that “helps us get out of difficult situations”. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz/AFP Photo)
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