British Anthropologist Discovers Santa Muerte in Bone-Chilling Toronto Blog piece for the Santa Muerte site https://skeletonsaint.com/2018/04/09/santa-muerte-a-hot-item-in-bone-chilling-toronto/ Since going public in 2001 devotion to Santa Muerte has spread rapidly beyond Mexico to the four corners of the globe. In the piece below anthropologist Dr. Kate Kingsbury reveals the robust presence of the Bony Lady in Toronto, Canada’s largest city. In the middle of bustling Toronto, Kensington Market offers respite from the gray skyscrapers that loom like belligerent giants over much of the city centre. Reputed as a bohemian neighbourhood, the vibrant market is replete not only with vintage stores and hipsters but also people from the Global South selling ethnic wares and victuals in colourful storefronts that blast out cumbia, reggae, soca and other tropical beats. Numerous South American stores pepper the streets, and in the eateries one can find every Latin dish from tamales to tacos. The thriving Latino community consists largely of Mexicans, as well as Argentineans, Salvadorians, Colombians, Chileans, Guatemalans, to name but a few, and where there are Latin 1