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Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte (Spanish: [ˈnwestra señora de la santa mweɾte]; Spanish for Our Lady of the Holy Death), often shortened to Santa Muerte, is a cult image, female deity, and folk saint in Mexican Neopaganism and folk Catholicism. A personification of death, she is associated with healing, protection, and safe delivery to the afterlife by her devotees. Despite condemnation by leaders of the Catholic Church, and more recently evangelical movements, her following has become increasingly prominent since the turn of the 21st century.Originally appearing as a male figure, Santa Muerte now generally appears as a skeletal female figure, clad in a long robe and holding one or more objects, usually a scythe and a globe. Her robe can be of any color, as more specific images of the figure vary widely from devotee to devotee and according to the rite being performed or the petition being made.The cult of Santa Muerte began in Mexico some time in the mid-20th century and was clandestine until the 1990s. Most prayers and other rites have been traditionally performed privately at home. Since the beginning of the 21st century, worship has become more public, especially in Mexico City after a believer called Enriqueta Romero initiated her famous Mexico City shrine in 2001. The number of believers in Santa Muerte has grown over the past ten to twenty years, to an estimated 10–20 million followers in Mexico, parts of Central America, the United States, and Canada. Santa Muerte has similar male counterparts in the American continent, such as the skeletal folk saints San La Muerte of Paraguay and Rey Pascual of Guatemala. According to R. Andrew Chesnut, Ph.D. in Latin American history and professor of Religious studies, the cult of Santa Muerte is the single fastest-growing new religious movement in the Americas.
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Song | Duration |
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SANTA MUERTE_BLUFF_94 BPM | 3:18 |
El Blues de la Muerte (Vinyl Edition) | 3:07 |
Satánica (Vinyl Edition) | 5:14 |
Fat Bitch | 2:00 |
The Devil Stole My Heart | 2:48 |
Black Pussycat | 2:42 |
If You Love Me | 3:36 |
Bendita Muerte | 4:33 |
Superhero | 3:36 |
Mala Hierba | 4:00 |
Alone | 4:16 |
Satan's Son | 2:57 |
Tu Obscuridad | 3:31 |
El Tren | 4:06 |
Suerte o Muerte (feat. Mariela Espinosa de los Monteros) | 3:02 |
La Muerte | 4:04 |
Nothing Can Stop Me | 3:28 |
Vete | 4:05 |
Un Beso Y Adios | 6:09 |
Nadie Sabe La Verdad | 4:20 |
Loca | 3:26 |
No Estas Aqui | 4:02 |
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