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Steve Quintana was born in Havana, Cuba, where he was trained and worked as a graphic designer. He came to New York City in 1957 and continued to practice his profession. Since 1960 Quintana has been devoted to Santería and was ordained as a priest of Obatalá in 1982. He opened the House of Obatalá in 1988 in Dorchester and is well known as a ritual leader, diviner/healer, and spokesperson for his religion in the Boston area.
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© 2001 Margarite Fernández Olmos and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert
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Wexler, A. (2001). Dolls and Healing in a Santería House. In: Olmos, M.F., Paravisini-Gebert, L. (eds) Healing Cultures. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-07647-2_6
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