Although Dial de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, may be Mexico's most famous holiday, tomorrow is equally important. On December 12, throughout Mexico, is the festival of Guadalupe. Actually, the festival has been in motion long before this culminating day, with pilgrims rushing to reach their goals. Some head for the official Shrine of Guadalupe in Mexico City. Others head to their home churches, but all are striving to fulfill a promise made to Guadalupe that they would make a pilgrimage in honor of a prayer she has fulfilled.
Guadalupe is the Patron Saint of Mexico and her day is a national holiday. The time surrounding the holiday is dynamic, colorful and deeply moving in its depth of religious commitment and passion. The following post describes journeys made by pilgrims in observation of the festival.
https://colonialmexicoinsideandout.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-race-for-guadalupe.html
Celebrations of Guadalupe's day differ from region to region,. The next article shows a colorful and beautiful celebration of the festival in a small beach town on the Yucatan Peninsula's "Riviera Maya".
https://colonialmexicoinsideandout.blogspot.com/2017/02/guadalupe-in-paradise.html
