Maria de Nicaragua parade

Submitted by tacomasteve on 6 December, 2006 - 11:24.
Maria de Nicaragua parade

I watched the work crews and the military take the venerated Maria De Nicaragua idol out of the Cathedral.It was live on cable chanel 48. The park was crowded with people, police and vendors. They have an electrified wagon for her and some live human actors to ride thru the barrios on. She is accompiened by hundreds of the devout and the just plain curious..Lot's of fun,street food and bombas

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A clue for the clueless?

Submitted by no longer registered on 7 December, 2006 - 06:33.

Bobby and I have been debating the cultural merits of parading a virgin through the streets while setting off so danged many BOMBAS, you think it's the end of the world as we know it.

So, tacomasteve, what's your take on this exploding issue?

BTW, you are missed.

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I live in Granada, the "not real Nicaragua"

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I can take

Submitted by tacomasteve on 7 December, 2006 - 15:02.

the noisy early morning church bells and even that LaCayo loud speaker car but the bombas came erratically with warning. From very early in the A.M. untill very late at night. I was told that they shoot off the bombas to scare away the devils...And the more $$C you spend on this noble goal the holier your family is.