Penitente

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Pen·i·ten·te

 (pĕn′ĭ-tĕn′tā, -tē)
n.
A member of a Roman Catholic brotherhood in parts of the Southwest, of Native American and Hispanic origin, that celebrates the Passion with rites involving fasting and self-flagellation.

[Spanish, from Latin paenitēns, paenitent-, penitent; see penitent.]
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This integrated ethnographic and theological study of the Penitentes of Arroyo Seco, N.M., focuses on participants' interpretation of practices (such as flagellation), which others often regard as superstitious, if not masochistic.
En efecto, todo comenzo con su tesis doctoral en la Facultad de Teologia de la Universidad de Navarra, dirigida por el profesor Saranyana, que verso sobre el Directorio para confesores y penitentes del III Mexicano (Luis Martinez Ferrer, Directorio para confesores y penitentes.
The Morada, like the independent and hybridized Penitentes its name evoked, attempted to synthesize a number of different strands of poetry and fiction responding, in part, to southwestern landscapes and cultures, and also to the aesthetic impulses of international modernism.
Friday about the religious iconography of the Penitentes Brotherhood in the American Southwest.
One group that has particularly embraced this spirit is the Fraternidad Piadosa de Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno, commonly known as the Penitentes. It was founded in the early 19th century and flourished in New Mexico.
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