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Illustrations 1. Area of Garifuna settlements and location of St. Vincent 4 2. Garifuna fishing village of Miami, Honduras 5 3. Watching the 1998 World Cup, San Juan village, Honduras 21 4. A Family of Charaibes Drawn from the Life in the Island of St. Vincent 61 5. Chatoyer the Chief of the Black Charaibes in St. Vincent with His Five Wives 68 6. New home built with funds from the United States 91 7. Crowd assembled for dügü ritual 97 8. Carlitos Amaya, buyei in villages of Corozal and Sambo Creek 109 9. Part of shaman’s altar, Honduras 113 10. Central altar assembled in dügü temple before ritual 114 11. Buyei Tola Guerreiro consulting spirits on behalf of client, the Bronx 127 12. Palo Monte–style caldero on Garifuna shaman’s altar, the Bronx 130 13. Objects dedicated to Yoruba and Afro-Cuban deities on New York Garifuna shaman’s altar 138 14. Doll and baked apple set in honey: intervention to “sweeten” the heart of a client’s runaway daughter 138 15. Construction of a temple building (dabuyaba) 151 16. Fishermen-ancestors arriving at dawn 162 17. Fisherman-ancestor in Carib-style palm-frond helmet 162 ix x ILLUSTRATIONS 18. Wanaragua dancer performing at dügü 163 19. Singing women’s songs in the temple 169 20. Ancestor arriving and possessing the body of her descendant 172 21. Group in the water at dügü, Trujillo 176 22. New York buyeis assembling altar for return of the ancestors ceremony 189 23. Buyeis’ dance, return of the ancestors, Vamos a la Peña, the Bronx 190 ...

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