This is a special day for Oaxaca as it is the city's patron saint's day. And no better place to visit to see how people celebrated the Virgin of the Soledad than at the huge church that bears her name.
Inside there was a long line of people waiting to get near her statue and to receive blessings under her resplendent form.
And you have to admit, that's resplendent.
She was also available in the plaza in from the church.
People came and went, each paying penance.
Behind the Virgin in the plaza, people reached up and rubbed their hands or the flowers they carried on her robe, which was draped like a canopy just so they could receive her blessing that way. They then rubbed their heads or the heads of those with them with the newly blessed flowers.
A powerful and meaning experience for many.
The outer streets were filled food and flowers stalls... along with everything else under the sun.
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