Celia Aguilar visits with her mother and grandmother in El Paso, Texas. Aguilar’s mother practiced the tradition of cuarentena for her five children. This form of mother care provides 40 days of rest and bonding while relatives or friends cook and run the household. Aguilar plans to do the same when she has her own children. Celia Aguilar wears a long, loosely fitted white dress with touches of red embroidery and red bandanas tied around…
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