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Meet the Guatemalan god living in a wooden body

Sunday, 14 March 2021 by Juan Martinez
Meet the Guatemalan god living in a wooden body
Maximón is not like any other deity around the world. He is a saint who likes to drink rum and smoke cigars. Also, he is reincarnated in a wooden puppet. Hidden somewhere among the colorful alleys of Santiago Atitlan, a small town situated on Lake Atitlan southwest Guatemala, there is a modest family house hosting
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