Child dressed as Juan Diego queuing to be photographed at the Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe Oaxaca Mexico.

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Our Lady of Guadalupe also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe is Mexico's patron saint and in Oaxaca she is celebrated with a nine day prayer series (novena) ending on 12 December. When children dress up as Juan Diego, the peasant to whom she first appeaed in the sixteenth century (1531).

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Size: 5233px × 4240px
Location: Llano Park, Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
Photo credit: © Juliet Ferguson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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