The day before the celebrations dedicated to the Virgen del Carmen is usually full of work for Luis Eduardo Vásquez.
35 years ago decided to develop the first figure of the invocation of the Virgin Mary in plaster, fiber, sack and gold leaf; Since then, the office became their main source of income.
A small, low light building, located at the corner of the race 50B and Calle 47, was chosen by the Antiochian of 58 years mount the workshop where shapes and size to the “p thunders’ of many, including Colombian carriers. The taste for art was inherited from his father; gradually got into the business of his father, so he decided to preserve the legacy.
While molds the right hand of a figure of a meter high, Vasquez says his practice is custom work, but warns that this year has not been the most profitable for your business. “Sales were loose and customers who came left it to the last moment,” notes paisa
The virgins who manufactures Luis Eduardo are three sizes. 70 cm, 1 and 1.30 meters. Asked what the best-selling, do not hesitate to point out that the height of one meter is the most requested by its customers.
The manufacturing process of each figure he affirms requires, on average eight days and is completed by his brother Orlando, who is in charge of painting. “That task left it to him because better handles the colors” says Vasquez, before securing it in a favorable season has sold more than 15 figures.
Sales fervently
Claudina Tisoy owns a stationary sale a short walk from the Plaza de San Nicolas. In 1999 he inherited his father’s business who arrived yesterday customers everywhere looking for products with the image of Santa Maria del Monte Carmelo, as it is also known to the virgin.
The devotees are “everything”, as he tells herself in her business. Buttons, keychains, scapulars, stamps, medals and T-shirts emblazoned with the image of the saint.
Accompanied by her husband Sahiro Sarmiento, also they sell candles of different sizes, colors and some packaged in resistant plastics as well as scapulars leather.
in her hustle, two women arrive looking for several items regale taxi drivers participating in one of the caravans to be held in the atlanticense capital.
Claudia Marin says that living this time with “fervor” and “delivery” and says that what most asks the saint is health and wellness for her and her family.
while attending a buyer which arrived at noon yesterday looking for shirts, stamps, scapulars and flowers, Tisoy expresses his devotion has CONSOLID ado over the years. “At first I was a believer, but every time I feel more like my spiritual mother. That’s why we always entrust the welfare of my family, “he adds.
In fact, shares that he feels” blessed “because each of their requests is heard by the Virgen del Carmen. And if that were not enough, says that during the season they have sold more than $ 1 million a day.
road closures
The Department of Mobility Barranquilla reported that conduct road closures and controls at various points of the city on occasion of the celebrations of the Day of the Virgen del Carmen.
the caravan begins at 4:00 am in the Church our Lady of Carmen, located in the race 50 and Calle 55. according to the provisions of the organizers, will end at 5:30 am at the same point.
at 4:00 in the afternoon the procession starts in the same parish, continue for the race 50 to 55th street cross to the left until the race 53 to climb to 64th street, turn left on that street until the race 50 and bend to the left to return to the church, where the tour ends.
Riohacha is ready for celebration
Jorge Luis Rincones and Edinson Pinto are two faithful devotees the Virgen del Carmen today will thank “all the favors received”. The first hopes to continue the tradition of her grandmother Sara Romero Medina, who died two years ago. “She always celebrated this day with music, because it was very cheerful and joking, so I’ll do the same,” he says. Meanwhile, Edinson says that from a child saw his parents attend all events that are held around July 16, so he followed the family tradition. Today, in Riohacha, a Mass is celebrated at Our Lady of Carmen Church, which begins at 5:00 a.m. with a dawn. At 10:00 a.m. takes place the Eucharist where communions and confirmations will be first. The blessing of vehicles and motorcycles will be held in the atrium of the church in the afternoon; in the evening will be the Mass and the procession with the image of the Virgin through the main streets of that sector.
Lorenzo, the fisherman to the virgin saved from death
With the Over the years, Lorenzo Matos Matos increases his devotion to the Virgen del Carmen. Sitting on the boardwalk Taganga, homeland where he was born 84 years ago, look canoes and their enlistment for the departure of the fishermen. The miracle was made on October 17, 1988, when together with his friends Victor and Julio Assisi, aboard a boat, departed from the region bound for the coast of La Guajira.
The fisherman said the tranquility of the task was interrupted by a strong breeze. It was a backlash of Hurricane Joan ‘, which hit Central America and of the Caribbean. Remember it was two hours (from 9:00 to 11:00 am) constant prayers and supplications to the Virgin of Carmen, asking him to dissipate the natural phenomenon. Since happened that scare, promised that every July 16 as devoted to the veneration of holy, so tonight will attend the liturgical ceremony in honor of the virgin.
The fervor of Consuelo Ortiz ground monteriana
in the cathedral San Jeronimo de Montería a brunette woman prayed fervently yesterday, a day before the celeb portion of the Virgen del Carmen, while outside the temple began to drizzle. At the end of his prayer, he did not hesitate in wanting to share the testimony he has with the mother of God.
Love Consuelo Ortiz Morales is because the virgin helped walk his only son, Jose Ortiz, because began to grow and had failed. Now, kneeling, thank you each year for the favor granted.
The feast of the Virgen del Carmen will be held today, as every year, in the monteriana Cathedral, under the banner of Jubilee Year Mercy. In the morning they hold two Masses, the first at 6:15 and the second at 7:00. At 3:00 pm Baptisms are scheduled, while at 5:00, after a third Mass, before the procession through the streets of the center.
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