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Candales are used in many religious ceremonies that botanicas service.![botanica_1]()
A street corner in Brooklyn's heavily-Latino Sunset Park neighborhood.![botanica_3]()
Posted next to the consultation room door, a sign in Spanish sternly warns customers, “I only trust in God. Everyone else pays up front.”![botanica_5]()
A random assortment of beads in Brooklyn's Ortiz Botanica.![botanica_6]()
A rack of colorful skirts for sale made by a retired seamstress. "We buy them from her, we put extra money in her pocket, and it helps," says Randy Concepcion, who works at Ortiz Botanica.![botanica_8]()
Randy Concepcion's decorated fingernails on the counter of Ortiz Botanica.![botanica_7]()
Statues used in various religious ceremonies.![botanica_9]()
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The outside of a botanica on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, New York.![botanica_11]()
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Inside a Rite Aid Pharmacy in a neighborhood in Queens, New York with a large Spanish speaking population.![botanica_13]()
Candles for sale inside a pharmacy in Queens, New York.![botanica_14]()
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Latino Botánicas are Big Business
During hard economic times, business at botánicas couldn't be better.
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- Latino Botánicas are Big Business
