[Gocamino] Santiago Mexicano

[Rebekah Scott]

... this proves my theory that mariachi music leads inexorably to tequila!
Rebekah Scott 
www.moratinoslife.blogspot.com



--- On Mon, 8/10/09, Rosina <blaroli at aol.com> wrote:

> From: Rosina <blaroli at aol.com>
> Subject: [Gocamino] Santiago Mexicano
> To: GoCamino at oakapple.net, saintjames at yahoogroups.com
> Cc: acaciopaz at yahoo.com.br
> Date: Monday, August 10, 2009, 4:42 PM
> Hello you all,
> You might remember that a large contingent from Santiago,
> including the Archbishop, Xunta representatives, Don Jenaro
> from the pilgrims' office and a lot of other people went to
> Mexico last fall. They went to the city of Puebla (very
> colonial, very beautiful and very close to the volcanoes) to
> a Xacobean celebration being held in that city, and then
> they proceeded to Guadalajara (another colonial beautiful
> city on the plateau of the central? mountain range, where
> mariachis and tequila originated) to inaugurate a new
> Santiago confraternity (the fifth in Mexico, I think).
> The Santiago visitors must have been?impressed?by Mexico so
> much that the cover of the?latest Compostela magazine shows
> three pictures of Santiago on his white horse wearing
> Mexican hats, under the title "Santiago, un conquistador
> conquistado" (Santiago, a conquered conqueror).
> If I knew how to do it, I would scan the cover and post it
> here, since it is really something to see. Failing that, you
> can see the pictures of Santiago in Mexican attire going
> to:
> 
> http://www.culturaspopulares.org/santiago/contacto.php
> 
> The three pictures on the cover of the Magazine, and the
> several inside, can be found there.
> 
> When the Spaniards conquered Mexico in the sixteenth
> century they invoked the help of "Santiago Mataindios"
> (Santiago, Indianslayer) in their battles. And when the
> Mexicans fought for independence from Spain at the beginning
> of the 19th century, they did so under the protection of
> Santiago Mataespanoles (Santiago Spaniards slayer).
> So I guess that our Santiago is an equal opportunity
> warrior-protector.
> 
> -The beautiful Karlkirche (Charles' Church) in Vienna has a
> wonderful museum. In the museum there is a sculpted?image of
> Jesus riding the she-donkey into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday
> and wearing a Mexican-looking hat. This is the only image I
> have ever seen of Jesus wearing a hat.- (The Karlkirche,
> also, is the only church I've ever seen with an elevator
> right in the nave that takes people all he way up to the
> very high cupola.? While the ride is hair-raising those
> daring it get a rare opportunity to see the cupola's
> paintings up close, and to wonder how the painters managed
> to carry on.)
> 
> Hugs!
> 
> 
> Rosina
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