Chimbote´s new cathedral was completed last month and some very important friends of the Pope (can´t remember who they are) have been visiting and there´s been lots of celebration around the cathedral. It was a public holiday last Thursday to celebrate Santa Rosa of Lima (luvvin´the Catholics and all their Saints days) and lots of groups from Chimbote contributed to a huge procession route made up of Las Alfombras de Flores (Rugs of flowers). They were amazing. My host brother was up all night making one for the bank where he works. One of the best pieces of advertising I´ve seen in a long time. The papal procession (priests and priestly hopefuls) then went and trod all over them.
Las Alfombras de Flores (Rugs of Flowers) in the Plaza Mayor in front of Chimbote´s cathedral.
Priests and trainee priests
The rugs are made up of whole flowers and crushed up flowers. I was given a lengthy explanation in Spanish but I didn´t quite catch enough of it to reiterate it.
1 comment:
God bless the catholics, eh?!?! Glad to hear you're having fun... hope you are feeling better,
xxxr
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