It originally fell around August, but the Christian conquistadors, hoping to assimilate the heathen holiday through their favoured tactic of cultural mestizaje (mixing), moved it to the day after All Saints' Day.

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Less concerned with glossy hits than with presenting him as a fully formed contemporary artist in the third act of a lengthy, successful career, "The Next Day" is best viewed as concluding a trilogy begun with "Heathen" and "Reality" and adding to the legacy of a gifted musician.

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He told me that his granny was regarded as a heathen, explaining that he could only visit her when the European priests allowed it.

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