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DEATH CUSTOM
WHEN AN OLDER WOMAN IS SERIOUSLY ILL THE MEXICAN PEOPLE
HAVE A DEFINITE CUSTOM. THE PERSON WHO IS SERIOUSLY
ILL ASKS SOMEONE (A WOMAN) TO BE HER "COM PADRAZCO"
OR GODMOTHER. THIS PERSON THEN HAS TO BUY THE ILL
PERSON A GOWN. THE GOWN IS WORN UNTIL THE PERSON
RECOVERS OR WITH HER IN HER DEATH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED OF THE CUSTOM IN MEXICO IN A 1968
VISIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-25-1971