Travel Photography > Photos taken by Rraven
The weather turned really bad on the final part of the walk
The celebration is for the ´Virgen del Carmen´,who is of mixed blood, ie she is a mixture of the traditional religions of the local people and the catholic religion which had been forced upon them by the spanish invasions. The festival is celebrated by colourful processions and dancing. The dances all hold meanings and the participants were masks, and brightly coloured ornate clothes
The celebration is for the ´Virgen del Carmen´,who is of mixed blood, ie she is a mixture of the traditional religions of the local people and the catholic religion which had been forced upon them by the spanish invasions. The festival is celebrated by colourful processions and dancing. The dances all hold meanings and the participants were masks, and brightly coloured ornate clothes
The celebration is for the ´Virgen del Carmen´,who is of mixed blood, ie she is a mixture of the traditional religions of the local people and the catholic religion which had been forced upon them by the spanish invasions. The festival is celebrated by colourful processions and dancing. The dances all hold meanings and the participants were masks, and brightly coloured ornate clothes