La Purisima!
December 8th 2009 Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception - celebrating the Virgin Mary's birth without sin. It is a HUGE holiday in Nicaragua and it's been really great experiencing it here with a family (I am staying with my friend Ashley's host family).
For the 9 days before the 7th, people partake in a novena (daily prayer) to the Virgin Mary. The 7th is called La Griteria (gritar is to shout or scre
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