Don Luis Fidel and Doña Adela
Doña Adela and Don Luis Fidel are in their 70s. They’ve been married for over 40 years, and they have numerous children and grandchildren. Luis Fidel is the local leader of the local traditional drums, Gran Poder de Dios. We met Adela at a drum ceremony in 2013, when we hosted the Transnational Black Feminist Retreat (https://asterixjournal.com/tag/transnational-black-feminist-retreat/). We learned that a majority of people in the community come to Adela and Luis when they need to heal illnesses and/or minor issues like spider bites. They both work in their
Don Luis Fidel y Doña Adela, healers and tradition keepers from the Dominican Republic.
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