LUNES SANTO, Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca- México. On Monday during the Holy Week in Easter, the Zapotecs of xiguie'a (Teotitlan del Valle) make a procession that lasts all day, they take Jesus Christ and Virgin Mary walking around the town on the main streets they stop at every main corner, where the build Sacred Houses made with rugs. Here they stop, pray and give offerings to God. The brass band accompanies during all the procession, candles and flowers decorate the scenes. I imagine this procession is an evolution of ancient pilgrimages carried out by our ancestors. Exactly during this season people are waiting for the first rain and begin to prepare the land for the up coming farming cycle. I can Imagine the image of "the God of the rain" being taken out of the temples to the streets where Zapotec offer corn, incense, flowers, etc…
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