Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe - Cute kids version

Yesterday was Virgin of Guadalupe Day throughout Mexico and celebrations and ceremonies abounded. 

I know that there is a huge religious element involved, but the heathen in me focused on the children who showed up to have their pictures taken in front of the Templo de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe at the north end of Llano Park.   For a good synopsis of the day check out this post at Casa Colibri.

The scene was filled with parents, grandparents, their very young kids, often infants, and maybe twenty photographers who had stalls set up to depict various settings of the Virgin. 

These were sweet setups with cameras, props, computers and printers all ready to crank out almost instant prints.  They did a brisk business.

The boys were dressed as little Juan Diegos and the girls wore various traditional regional outfits or trajes.

 This shot looks fine, but...

The real comedy was that the burro was only interested in eating the greens on his back and the boy kept trying to stop him with very little success. 

There were a few cute kids there... like a never-ending stream of them.

I guess this is what they were after, the money shot.

Which brings me to my favorite shot of the day.  This woman was handling the printing at one of the stalls and was obviously pregnant. 

I love the Virgin overlooking her, no doubt giving her, Her blessing.