Dozens of devotees participated in the aquatic procession of the San Pedro Apostol (Saint Peter Apostle) image, marking the beginning of activities related to the patronal festival.
Dozens of devotees participated in the aquatic procession of the San Pedro Apostol (Saint Peter Apostle) image, marking the beginning of activities related to the patronal festival.
OCOTLÁN DE MORELOS – “Look up to the El Peral mountains. That is where we do our ritual ceremony to call for rain,” says Josefina Santiago, 43, a Zapotec Indigenous leader. “We bury chocolate, flowers and a maize beverage called tejate to ask for gentle rainfall. We call ourselves water sowers: [we are] reclaiming our […]