Category Archives: Saints and Virgens

Los Locos Day, the trendiest shoes 2012

Posted on 17 Jun ’12 by Salted Herring

Today, once again, San Miguel cel­e­brated Los Locos, the Crazy Peo­ple. This car­ni­val dates from the 19th cen­tury, when orchard work­ers danced to give thanks and ask San Pas­cual Bailón for a pros­per­ous year. The tra­di­tion might be old, but the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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San Pascual

Posted on 7 Apr ’11 by Salted Herring

Most of the time our San Miguel kitchen is filled with fresh pro­duce from the favorite organic farm. Now I like to intro­duce you to my ‘secret’ helper’, San Pas­cual, the patron saint of cooks and kitchens. There he is … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Archangel

Posted on 4 Oct ’10 by Salted Herring

Young girl angels carry The Archangel to Par­ro­quia. Tweet

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It is fiesta time, again

Posted on 30 Sep ’10 by Salted Herring

It all begun at dawn yes­ter­day, with fire­crack­ers, church bells, rhythm of the drums…Can’t believe, this is the sec­ond time I have the chance to wit­ness the fan­tas­tic fes­tiv­i­ties which go around for the Archangel San Miguel. The offi­cial ‘fiesta’ … Con­tinue read­ing →

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La Virgen de Loreto, Santa Patrona de San Miguel

Posted on 21 Sep ’10 by Salted Herring

In the begin of Sep­tem­ber there was fes­ti­val for La Vir­gen de Loreto. Calle Loreto was closed for traf­fic and filled with cel­e­bra­tions, food, and music. I stum­bled there by chance dur­ing the quiet hours. Tweet

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small delights

Posted on 28 Aug ’10 by Salted Herring

one never knows what trea­sures are hid­ing behind ordi­nary street cor­ner, like this lovely shrine for guadalupe Tweet

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Colonia San Rafael

Posted on 8 Jun ’10 by Salted Herring

Up on the hill in Colo­nia San Rafael sits a small church, Igle­sia Santa Cruz. Sur­round­ing wind­ing streets have many beau­ti­ful wall paint­ings. These I found just meters away from the church. Tweet

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Night of the Altars

Posted on 3 Apr ’10 by Salted Herring

El Viernes de Dolores altars can be tiny or they can fill an entire room. in cen­tro we could find many grand and elab­o­rate altars with glo­ri­ous antique stat­ues. in my work­ing class mex­i­can neigh­bor­hood the altars were more hum­ble … Con­tinue read­ing →

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El Viernes de Dolores V

Posted on 31 Mar ’10 by Salted Herring

foun­tains were dec­o­rated, great and small… Tweet

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El Viernes de Dolores III

Posted on 31 Mar ’10 by Salted Herring

fri­day before palm sun­day is cel­e­brated as the Feast Day of our Lady of Sor­rows, El Viernes de Dolores, which dates back to 1244 A.D. to the nuns of Servite Order who were devo­tees to the Seven Sor­rows of the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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El Viernes de Dolores

Posted on 31 Mar ’10 by Salted Herring

after El Señor’s arrival the next big day was the Fri­day of the Sor­rows, El Viernes de Dolores. it is my favorite event dur­ing the easter cel­e­bra­tions in mex­ico. the prepa­ra­tions began early in the morn­ing… Tweet

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La Entrada del Senor de la Columna

Posted on 30 Mar ’10 by Salted Herring

Late evening, two weeks before Easter Sun­day, peo­ple of Ato­tonilco begin prepa­ra­tions of their El Señor de la Columna. They remove  him from his glass case, as well the stat­ues of Maria of the Sor­rows and Saint John. The three … Con­tinue read­ing →

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