Puerto Vallarta is of course a buzz. Our casita is just up the hill from PV's famous Our Lady of Guadalupe church. It's the best time of year for the bell ringers. I can see the church staff scampering about on the roof after they have rung every bell (all day and past midnight), sometimes for 20 minutes +, then the real fun for them as they fire off the half sticks of dynamite cohetes into the air.
It's amazing the congestion this pilgrimage creates, shutting down one of two roads through the heart of old town. The pilgrims from Talpalpa arrived last night with their torch. The torch from Mexico City arrives tonight. So many pop up food carts, clashing music sounds, smiling faces and dress, the plaza is alive. The city has really increased their Malecon seasonal displays (not just for days of our lady) near the municipal center and the church. It is a special 12 days in Vallarta no doubt. The bells have been ringing the entire time I've been writing this, and they are still going. Jajajaja.
This is story that lives inside my heart. Your account has expanded the myth and cult in some ways and it saddens me that it originated in Spain. I did not to know that. Part of the "echale crema a los tacos" (embellishment) was the assertion the Virgin Mother of Jesus has appeared all over the world to admonish the people about their bad behavior and how it saddens her son. Yet, in Mexico her message her son was very OK with us and he just wanted a temple for her. Ok... Maybe, I am embellishing it.
Thanks for starting my day with your story. I am sipping coffee with my family.
Thanks for sharing this! I've spent some time in Mexico, but mostly in Protestant circles, so I've gotten a bit of misinformation about this day. I found your article verh helpful and shared it for my curious followers!
I've visited the Basilica in Mexico City, but not on these busiest of days.
Last night, the fireworks went on until sometime in the middle of the night, paused for a couple of hours, and then started up again before daybreak. I imagine everyone's ready to go. I may skip that hop I was thinking about over to another part of town.
One of my favorite days. I'd never heard the Spanish version, thanks. Some day I have to get to the shrine. I hear it's quite amazing, the moving sidewalk et al.
Mike ... thanks for the rest of the story. I am here in San Cristóbal de Las Casas in the state of Chiapas, MX and just got back from absorbing the early morning parades and rockets. Being very Mexico oriented, I had never heard the Spain backstory. on Guadalupe. It is a huge day here and I'm grateful to be back for it.
Puerto Vallarta is of course a buzz. Our casita is just up the hill from PV's famous Our Lady of Guadalupe church. It's the best time of year for the bell ringers. I can see the church staff scampering about on the roof after they have rung every bell (all day and past midnight), sometimes for 20 minutes +, then the real fun for them as they fire off the half sticks of dynamite cohetes into the air.
It's amazing the congestion this pilgrimage creates, shutting down one of two roads through the heart of old town. The pilgrims from Talpalpa arrived last night with their torch. The torch from Mexico City arrives tonight. So many pop up food carts, clashing music sounds, smiling faces and dress, the plaza is alive. The city has really increased their Malecon seasonal displays (not just for days of our lady) near the municipal center and the church. It is a special 12 days in Vallarta no doubt. The bells have been ringing the entire time I've been writing this, and they are still going. Jajajaja.
This is story that lives inside my heart. Your account has expanded the myth and cult in some ways and it saddens me that it originated in Spain. I did not to know that. Part of the "echale crema a los tacos" (embellishment) was the assertion the Virgin Mother of Jesus has appeared all over the world to admonish the people about their bad behavior and how it saddens her son. Yet, in Mexico her message her son was very OK with us and he just wanted a temple for her. Ok... Maybe, I am embellishing it.
Thanks for starting my day with your story. I am sipping coffee with my family.
Thanks for sharing this! I've spent some time in Mexico, but mostly in Protestant circles, so I've gotten a bit of misinformation about this day. I found your article verh helpful and shared it for my curious followers!
i don't believe you
I've visited the Basilica in Mexico City, but not on these busiest of days.
Last night, the fireworks went on until sometime in the middle of the night, paused for a couple of hours, and then started up again before daybreak. I imagine everyone's ready to go. I may skip that hop I was thinking about over to another part of town.
One of my favorite days. I'd never heard the Spanish version, thanks. Some day I have to get to the shrine. I hear it's quite amazing, the moving sidewalk et al.
This is the craziest article I have ever read.
Mike ... thanks for the rest of the story. I am here in San Cristóbal de Las Casas in the state of Chiapas, MX and just got back from absorbing the early morning parades and rockets. Being very Mexico oriented, I had never heard the Spain backstory. on Guadalupe. It is a huge day here and I'm grateful to be back for it.