So you travel around the world, meeting people and seeing new things all the time. Just when you think you´ve seen it all, something happens that is, in the words of Monty Python, completely different.
We are in Oaxaca, land of great food, music and crafts. Virgin of Guadalupe had her day last week. Now it´s the Virgin of Soledad. She´s Oaxaca´s own virgin and has a church near our hotel. Her big night is tomorrow, Thursday night, but there are processions happening today. So we went there this evening for a look-see and there were all sorts of beautiful ladies in native costumes. we were taking picture of a lot of them and there was one woman who was standing off by herself. All the women carry this big basket full of flowers and maybe a flower crown on their head when they go into the church. But this lady had a big glass and wooden box with a bowl in it. WTF??? Amy went up and started talking to her and learned from her that this was a very, very special bowl. Take a look at it she tells us. Do you see? Do you see the Virgin of Soledad on the bowl? So I look and indeed, there is a black and white version of the Virgin of Soledad right there on the upper part of the bowl. Well, the lady tells us, five years ago when I was drinking coffee out of this bowl and I drink all the coffee and all that is left is the coffee grounds, there is the Blessed Virgin herself, right as you see her, made out of my coffee grounds. So she says she cleans up the bowl, except of course for the part where the Virgin is, and she stays there, a perfect representation of our Blessed Lady of Soledad, Oaxaca´s own virgin. Not only that, but get this. Soledad is a protector of fishermen and as this lady was having her coffee and the Virgin was appearing, they were having crab for dinner!!!!! What the heck do you make of that!?!?!? There are soooooo many mysteries in this world and just chalk one more up.
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