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<journal-id>1665-8027</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[LiminaR]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[LiminaR]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1665-8027</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Centro de Estudios Superiores de México y Centroamérica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1665-80272016000200163</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Los cumpleaños de san Simón. Etnografías salvadoreñas]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[San Simon Birthdays. Salvadorian Ethnographies]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-Espada]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Antonio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas Facultad de Ciencias Sociales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>14</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>163</fpage>
<lpage>181</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1665-80272016000200163&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1665-80272016000200163&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1665-80272016000200163&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Presentamos aquí una serie de trabajos de campo, hechos desde la metodología de la observación participante, sobre fiestas y celebraciones relacionadas con el culto a san Simón en El Salvador entre los años 2011 y 2014. Nos ocuparemos, de la forma más descriptiva posible, de seis casos que mantienen entre sí sustanciales diferencias de forma y fondo y que, en su conjunto, prueban la extraordinaria maleabilidad de este culto, así como la imposibilidad de reducir su existencia y el extraordinario éxito de difusión experimentado en los últimos años a razonamientos simplistas y paternalistas como la pobreza, la ignorancia o la marginalidad.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: This paper presents a series of case studies on celebrations of San Simon&#8217;s birthday in El Salvador from 2011 to 2014. From the participant observation vantage point this study introduces six fieldwork cases very different in form and substance. By showing the extraordinary malleability of the cult, this paper also aims to prove the inadequacy of the prevailing theoretical model, which explains the extraordinary popularity and spread of San Simon&#8217;s cult throughout the country in simplistic and paternalistic terms such as the result of poverty, ignorance and social exclusion.]]></p></abstract>
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