Celebrating "La Virgen Morena"

Thu13Dec2007

Celebrating "La Virgen Morena"

18:03 H | Topics: Culture - Mexico - Religion

In misas de gallo and processions from Mexico City to New York City, Mexicans everywhere are celebrating La Virgen Morena, La Virgen de Guadalupe, who reportedly appeared before a humble indigenous man named Juan Diego on the Cerro de Tepeyac one December day in 1531. Whether or not you're a believer, there can be no argument as to the weight of Guadalupe in Mexican culture. She is omnipresent not only in the spiritual sense but in the concrete sense. Her image graces nearly every home, taqueria or bus in the country; anywhere her people are, there goes Guadalupe.

Flickr's got a great assortment of images of the Guadalupe celebrations. Here are a few:

"Escenario" by El Pelos Briseno