This weekend we ventured to the Mercado Sonora — the witchcraft market — and to the nearby Mercado La Merced, the city’s biggest food market. The former was exceedingly creepy — with caged animals, potions, herbs and statues of Santa Muerte for sale. The latter was quite lovely — giant stalls of bananas, banana leaves (for tamales), watermelons, pineapples, chiles, etc.
Santa Muerte, with her skeletal smile, is not an image that will quickly leave your head. She is worshipped by many of impoverished people here, and as the New York Times explains “Shrines to Santa Muerte have been erected in public spaces from Tijuana to the southern tip of Mexico. Merchants at the open-air Sonora Market, long known for selling amulets and healing potions, do a brisk business selling images of Santa Muerte in all sizes, wearing tunics of all colors.”
Santa Muerta in Mercado Sonora:
Man slicing banana leaves, at La Merced:
Our friend Susana took this shot:
That’s a lot of naners, no?
Susana also got a good shot of the chiles:
8 responses so far ↓
Paul // January 14, 2008 at 1:20 pm |
I’m guessing someone is making a whole lot a banana bread!!!
STEVE COMBS // February 11, 2008 at 3:15 pm |
i want to buy a Santa Muerte statues. IT must be white Santa Muerte Statues.
walter trewartha // March 11, 2008 at 2:51 am |
im very interesting in buying santa muertes please send me information on the prices thanyou
Joy // March 11, 2008 at 9:17 am |
As the blog post indicates, I visited a market where they were for sale. I do not sell them. I have no idea how much they cost.
panchito // August 11, 2008 at 12:09 pm |
For people in the United States interested in Santa Muerte statutes, my business sells them in red, white, and black. Please visit my blog, and my website at http://www.yerberiaazteca.com
Bret Mars // January 9, 2009 at 1:12 pm |
La flaca~
cop and criminal both love
the little thin one
debbie // January 19, 2009 at 10:54 am |
I sell the statues at my shoppe in Calif.
John // February 22, 2009 at 2:56 pm |
Where can one obtain good quality statues in NATURAL materials. NO plastic. Also Icons of Santa Muerte and San Simon.