December 12 is an important religious holiday in Mexico. It is thought on this day in 1531, that a young man named Juan Diego, who went to worship a native goddess actually had a visitation from the Virgin Mary. Mexico's use of the name Virgin Guadalupe comes from Catholic worship in Extrmadura, Spain. This last week saw traffic come to a stand still as peregrinos (pilgrims...see the last picture) made their way through the city to the Basilica of the virgin (middle picture), carrying statues of her and wearing shirts with her image. They go there to venerate her and the robe of Juan Diego (pictured above). We saw people running with torches and we understand that one man ran from here to New York City with a torch to celebrate the virgin with Mexican Catholics there. All night last night there were fireworks...and I mean all night! The night was filled with the sound of loud explosions and Ingrid and I got no sleep. Today's team meetings will be a real drag...we're exhausted!
Basilica of the Virgin Guadalupe.
Peregrinos.
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