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Maximon, the Guatemalan saint of rum and cigarettes. And also the only saint I worship and whose idol I keep in whichever house I live in.
He was Mayan originally, then co-opted by Catholics into a hybrid Catholic-Mayan version. Irritating how white they've made him here.
But on the plus side, they've put a little Jesus there. I rather like the idea of Christ at the feet of a bloke smoking Marlboro.
They keep the original version in Santiago Atitlan. You have to bring him offerings of rum and cigarettes, which they literally pour down the mouth of the idol and light and put in his mouth. Then you pray for his blessing so you can get more booze and fags in your life.
Proper version. Maximon nestled in the corner of a mezcal bar in Antigua.
That's your guy right there. A saint to follow.
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