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Acknowledgments W My thanks are due, first, to the many thousands of folk artists who each year give so much to preserve, sustain, and develop the festive performances about which I write. Their work is far more important than mine. Then, too, I owe my thanks to family members and friends who have traveled with me to fiestas. I have mentioned them only when the narrative required it, but they know that their presence added much joy to my research. This book is dedicated to my wife and sons. Of the many other friends who deserve my thanks, I will mention just three who may not know how important a role they played in shaping this book. Milla Riggio invited me to go to Carnival in Trinidad. Stacy and Kevin Landon showed an early and encouraging interest in festive theology.Thank you all. THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...

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