In Part I of this testimonial series on the Palmarito Afro-Descendant Commune, we examined the project’s origins and the town’s history. CultureDevotion to San Benito of Palermo, a Black saint symbolizing both spirituality and resistance, plays an important role in the culture of Palmarito. At the heart of our Afro-descendant culture in Sur del Lago is San Benito. For us, blue is the color of the sea and of the sky, and that’s why we dress San Benito in blue. More recently, when the rains threatened to destroy the San Pedro bridge, we took San Benito there and sang a Misericordia.