Celebrations of the Virgen de la Salud (Virgin of Health) in Pátzcuaro
The celebrations of the Virgen de la Salud in Pátzcuaro are held in our magical village in the month of December. Different activities take place leading up to December 8, which is a great holiday for the faithful in Pátzcuaro, where pilgrims from far and wide arrive to celebrate one of the most emblematic figures among the Catholics of Mexico.
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| Our Lady of Health in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México. |
During
those days, there are pilgrimages from all over Pátzcuaro in honor of the Virgen. These pilgrimages are
accompanied by music and firecrackers, in an atmosphere of joy.
The Virgen de la Salud of Pátzcuaro
is a very revered image. Daily we can see pilgrims arriving from different parts
of Mexico and the world who come to visit her, to appeal for intercession by
the Virgen, or to give thanks for a plea fulfilled.
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| Celebrations of our Lady of Health in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán |
Members
of the large indigenous (Purépecha) community arrive on their pilgrimage from
different coastal towns and the islands of the Lake Pátzcuaro, to show their fervor to the Virgen in the Basilica, where they can hear a mass in their
native language.
Celebrations of the Virgin of Health in Pátzcuaro
This
image so venerated dates from the 16th century, it was commissioned by Don Vasco de Quiroga in 1536 and formed
from corn stalk pulp by the
Purépecha. This pre-Hispanic technique involves grinding dry corn stalk, mixing it with bone marrow,
and adding a paste obtained from bulbs of the orchids, producing resilient
figures that last for more than five hundred years.
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| Celebrations of the Virgin of Health in Pátzcuaro |
This image
of the Virgen María was consecrated and appointed patron of
health. It was first placed in the Hospital of Santa Martha. It was
proclaimed as patroness of Pátzcuaro
in 1737.
In 1880, the Virgen was moved to the Sagrario, where she remained for 191 years, when she was
installed at the Basilica in Pátzcuaro.
On December 8, 1899, the Virgen’s “coronation by decree” was
directed by Pope León XIII. Since then, this has been the day when the Virgen de la Salud is celebrated
in Pátzcuaro.
The Virgen makes a tour through the main streets of Pátzcuaro on this day. Houses are
decorated in white and blue. Iturbe Street is festively adorned with a
carpet of colored sawdust, and thus the Virgen
de la Salud makes her grand entrance into the Plaza Vasco de
Quiroga.
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| Decoration in Pátzcuaro for the celebrations of the Virgin of Health |
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| Iturbe Street in Pátzcuaro, during the celebrations of the Virgin of Health |
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| Iturbe Street in Patzcuaro during the celebrations of the Virgin of Health |
With great fervor and joy, the streets come to life during the passage
of the Virgen de la Salud,
solemnly making her journey, and returning to the Basilica where the
festivities continue.
Our Lady of Healthy from Pátzcuaro during her passage at the Iturbe Street.
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