{"id":496,"date":"2006-12-11T22:00:29","date_gmt":"2006-12-12T04:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2006\/can-you-hear-the-bombas.html"},"modified":"2006-12-11T22:00:29","modified_gmt":"2006-12-12T04:00:29","slug":"can-you-hear-the-bombas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2006\/can-you-hear-the-bombas.html","title":{"rendered":"Can you hear the bombas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Tomorrow is the culmination of a celebration<\/b> that really began on the 3rd of December. &nbsp;Things really got going on the 8th, when our landlord informed us there was a big party at the church down the street (the Catholic church down the hill is unusually active, they tell me &#8211; many Mexicans rarely make it to a church at all these days). &nbsp;Tomales, special drinks and everything you need to have a good time. &nbsp;That was the religious holiday of <b>Immaculate Conception<\/b>, celebrated in many parts of the world.<\/p>\n<p>But tomorrow is really the big day &#8211; in some places the biggest holiday of the year. &nbsp;It&#8217;s the <i>D\u00c3\u00ada de la Virgen de Guadalupe<\/i>, or the Day of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2005\/the-virgin-of-guadalupe.html\">Virgin of Guadalupe<\/a>. &nbsp;This is a particularly significant year &#8211; 475 years after <b>Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin<\/b> claimed he first saw his vision on the Hill of Tepeyac of the Virgin Mary.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight the <i>bombas<\/i> can be heard all around (rockets\/noisemakers). &nbsp;Tomorrow there will be tens of thousands of people who have travelled to the Basillica in Mexico City to honour the virgin, or to ask for miracles. &nbsp;Some will be crawling on their knees across the cobblestones and up stairs in hopes that a petition will be granted.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to see a video of some of the bombas being set off, check out this view of the <a href=\"http:\/\/mefeedia.com\/entry\/224263\/\">Guadalupe Fiesta in San Cristobal<\/a>. &nbsp;Also, read <a href=\"http:\/\/kneelingwetriumph.com\/journal\/2006\/12\/never-under-estimate.htm\">some thoughts from our friends down the street, the Harers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow is the culmination of a celebration that really began on the 3rd of December. &nbsp;Things really got going on the 8th, when our landlord informed us there was a big party at the church down the street (the Catholic church down the hill is unusually active, they tell me &#8211; many Mexicans rarely make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mexico","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can you hear the bombas? 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