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The Virgin Of Guadalupe Reigns Supreme In This Part Of The Country.
By Margaret Regan
THE VIRGIN OF Guadalupe is everywhere in the barrio: on
the video store wall, in the front yards and even on the stark
face of an electrical generating station. Last week, just a few days before her December 12 feast day,
artist Antonio Pazos led a tour group to assorted barrio murals,
nearly all of them featuring some version of Mexico s beloved
patron saint. The blustery day was so cold that the barrio houses
seemed to shiver behind their chain link and you wouldn t have
been surprised to see the placid Guadalupes pulling their star-dappled