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9780888996251

Sawdust Carpets

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  • ISBN13:

    9780888996251

  • ISBN10:

    088899625X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-02-01
  • Publisher: Groundwood Books
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Summary

The Lau Family have been invited to spend Easter with their cousins in Antigua, Guatemala. Though they are Chinese and Buddhist, Mami loves the pageantry of Easter.Antigua is renowned for its Easter processions, in which very old statues are carried through the streets. Even more striking is the creation of spectacular sawdust carpets, which people spend hours creating, only to see them disappear as the processions walk over them. On the morning of the most important procession, Mami makes her own small carpet with the help of her cousins and brothers and sisters. But when she realizes that the procession will destroy her precious rug, she tries to stand in the way.Guatemalan and Chinese religious observances, the Virgin of Guadalupe and the Goddess Kuan Yin, Easter processions and dragon boat races, pinatas and baptisms and Chinese tamales all weave in and out of this story about beauty, religious celebration and tolerance.

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