Comments on: Procession in Adams Morgan

By: amanda

amanda — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:09:12 +0000

The shop owner said that the actual experience in Lima is amazing because millions of people participate in being silent together during the parts of the procession which are too holy for sound. He said standing silent enough to hear a pin drop when you are in the middle of a million people is a surreal experience.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:05:56 +0000

Well it’s hard to sum up on a blog comment, but basically the painting that is featured on the shrine being carried, is the center of it all. It is a painting of Jesus on the Cross. The shop owner animatedly explained to me that the original was hung in a church in Lima. There was an earthquake and everything in the city fell except for the part of the wall with this painting. The people were amazed and though it must be a sign from God, so they hung it on a special mantel in the re-built church. Many years later there was another earthquake and again the whole city fell and the painting remained high on its mantel. Now the people were sure this was a sign from God and they raised the painting on a shrine and paraded out of the church for everyone to experience its holy presence.

By: evan

evan — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:09:19 +0000

Amanda found out about it at a neighborhood Peruvian shop yesterday. I’ll ask her…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:14:11 +0000

wow…can you tell me more about what was going on? interesting stuff!