Today is Guadalupe’s feast day. This Queen of Mexico, Empress of America, and patron saint of Mexico is being celebrated all over Mexico and, apparently for the first time in Vatican history, today Pope Francis to Say Mass in Honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
In Mexico, it’s not just a one-day event. Wednesday afternoon, while Chris and I were giving our previously mentioned presentation at the Oaxaca Lending Library, only blocks away festivities began with a religious ceremony at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the side of Llano Park. It was followed that night with a calenda through the streets of the city. Yesterday, Guadalupe’s children, the little Juan Diegos and their peasant sisters, were brought by parents (and grandparents) to the Templo de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (at the north end of Llano Park), where they waited patiently in long lines to enter the church to be blessed and then be photographed in “Guadalupe” scenes.
However, on the streets of Oaxaca, Guadalupe is seen everywhere and everyday…
The other big news from Rome, that Oaxaqueños are celebrating, is the Wealth of Oaxaca craft present in the Vatican Museum — a Christmas tree and Nativity scene decorated with artesania crafted by 142 Oaxacan families from 25 municipalities in the state. The exhibition was inaugurated on December 10 and will run through February 2015 — should you be planning a trip to Italy!
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Nice depiction of how the traditions here are part of everyday life and not just fleeting celebrations.
The little tours are so cute with their painted mustaches, etc. Terrific presentation by you and Chris, gracias.
Meant “tots”, not tours.
Hola Shannon, I found the link to Chris’ blog on your site but when i went there i failed to see how to Follow it. Is there a tab i missed? Sorry if i am being blog illiterate. Ian
On Friday, 12 December 2014, “View From Casita Colibrí” wrote: > spixl posted: “Today is Guadalupe’s feast day. This Queen of Mexico, Empress of America, and patron saint of Mexico is being celebrated all over Mexico and, apparently for the first time in Vatican history, today Pope Francis to Say Mass in Honor of the Virgin of Guada” >
When we were in Oaxaca in October we were in Aripa (?Sp) when some wood carvers were bringing in 4-5 ft statues of the nativity. They were fabulous. They seemed to be preparing to ship them somewhere. I bet they were shipping them to Rome. They really were exquisite. I snapped a few photos before they said “no photos”. I will have to look for them
What an honor for the carvers.
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Bev, this article appeared in ViveOaxaca this morning: http://www.viveoaxaca.org/2014/12/oaxaca-en-el-vaticano-este-diciembre.html Happy holidays!
Very wonderful and colorful photo; so enjoyable.
Thank you for your kind words! Your photos of Finland are enticing and I hope to make it to Finland one of these days. Actually my dishes are by Arabia; I first saw them when I was a student in Denmark. ¡Feliz nuevo ano!