I'm glad I chose to stay home instead of traveling like all the rest of Mexico.
I was able to participate in some of the San Cristóbal rituals. Thanks to Virginia at the university for being my cultural interpreter! (Her words quoted below.)
On jueves santo, there is a mass, and then "half the population of San Cristobal hits the streets to tour 7 churches --any 7 -- in conmemoration of Christ´s going to the house of Annas, to Caifas, to Pilate, to Herod, back to Pilote, etc. The churches are all beautifully decorated with Eucharistic themes and open till midnight for this 7 Casas pilgrimage."
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| Lest people get hungry while trekking among 7 churches, there are food stands set up EVERYWHERE - churros, potato chips, corn, pizza,fruit soaked in liquor... |
On Friday is the Via Crucis, Way of the Cross parade through the streets.
"The most wonderful --and longest--mass of the year is the Vigilia Pascual Saturday night at 7. 7 readings, 7 psamlms, blessing of the fire and water, a dark bare church, eerie chants... Suddenly, the church explodes in light, flowers and the joyful, insistent clamor of bells"
good job!
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