Cowboy Pilgrims Leave Town
On Three Kings’ Day pilgrims from San Miguel de Allende will join thousands of other horseback riders at Christo Rey (Christ the King).
On Three Kings’ Day pilgrims from San Miguel de Allende will join thousands of other horseback riders at Christo Rey (Christ the King).
The feast Of Corpus Christi is celebrated as a special veneration of symbolic body and blood of Christ in communion wafers and wine.
A special holiday for workers in construction featuring a cross put up on the highest point of the job site and a big meal.
Candelaria is celebrated the 40th day after Christ’s birth, the day Jesus was presented in the temple then and now.
Fire trucks and ambulances approach centro with sirens blaring to receive a special blessing while parked around the jardin.
Saint Blandina was an interesting gal. Having survived the lions in the Coliseum she became the first female saint.
The image of Mary as a baby provides intervention on behalf of children and pregnancies on the 8th of every month.
The Feast of Jesus of Nazareth de Atotonilco is celebrated at its namesake church in the small village of Atotonilco where the Revolution from Spain began.
Ancestor worship was deeply rooted in Mesoamerica so the morphing of All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day and Day of the Dead into preexisting practices was an easier one.