festividad nacional

On December 12 of each year Mexico celebrates its most important religious event for several centuries now. It is the feast of the patron saint of Mexico and some of Catholics in Latin America, Our Lady of Guadalupe. On the eve of the north country stops to fill the churches around the country and pay the reverence that it is tradition. There is no recognizable image of Mexican religiosity that of the Virgin of Guadalupe: prints, films and even tacky soap operas are made on their behalf, and untainted by commercialism. The image of the Virgin of Guadalupe is the most representative symbol of all Mexico, as much or more than their national emblem