Coahuitlan, Veracruz, Mexico this ceremony looks to the Sacred Christ and to mother earth for protection. 12 days of prayer are followed by this ceremony in which and offering is made to the earth.. Robert Freund 10/31/2007
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After 12 days of prayer, everyone gathers in the church and prayer one final prayer session, they also recieves a blessing from the priest. They then carry the Santo Christo around the outside of the church with music and a hand bell tolling. Copal incense fills the air
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Carrying the sacred Christ in a procession around the church. 		IMG_4150
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The food to be shared after the ceremony. 		IMG_4163
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Procession to the outside of town
A procession goes to the outside of the towns where a hole is doug and an offering is made to the earth. During this part of the cermeony, the women all pray and ask that nothing bad happens to them during the year. The offering if 12 eggs representing the 12 days of prayer ar eplaced in the hole and protected with cactus thorns and other thorns . Then other offerings are added tamales, corn , copal ( incense) , and it is sprinkled with fluids like water, soda, beer and sugar cane whiskey. . The procession goes back to the church .
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Raising a cross over the offering 		IMG_4174
Maria Nava The Mayoroma of the festival 		IMG_4175
Digging the ceremonial hole 		IMG_4177
Blessings
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protecting the offering 		IMG_4186
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Praying

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The offering protected by thorns and cactus 		IMG_4193
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 		IMG_4197Covering the offering with flowers, candles, insence and then a rock.