For the past week or so Chota has been celebrating its' Patron Saint, Mary the Virgin Mother. The streets are decorated and people set up small shrines outside their homes that are lighted at night by candles and Christmas lights. Today is the day of the Immaculate Conception, which is a national holiday in Perú. Micah and I went to check out the celebrations this morning.
Decorating the streets
The view on our way to the church
We arrived a little bit early
Almost two hours latter and everyone has arrived
Getting ready for the procession following the mass 
2 comments:
good to see the gringos keep their punctuality. felicidades!
dude chota must be huge thats the biggest congregation area ive seen in peru! i cant believe they have multicolored chairs! awesome stuff, great pictures, keep up the good work, mateo
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