| 词条 | Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto) |
| 释义 |
The statue is removed from its shrine and is carried on the main streets of Barquisimeto in a procession which starts at the Iglesia de la Divina Pastora in Santa Rosa until it reaches the Barquisimeto Cathedral. This procession is unlike those mass Marian celebrations in the world where the image does not leave its temple. This procession occurs due to the devotion the people of Barquisimeto have towards it as gratitude towards saving the city from a cholera outbreak that occurred in the city in the 19th century. In 2013, 3,000,000 faithful honored the Divina Pastora.[3]{{multiple image |direction = vertical |align = right |width = 200 |image1 = Iglesia de la Divina Pastora.JPG |caption1 = Iglesia de la Divina Pastora in Santa Rosa |image2 = Catedral de Barquisimeto.jpg |caption2 = Barquisimeto Cathedral }} BackgroundAccording to the history books,{{Which|date=August 2009}} this tradition comes from Seville, Spain. A Capuchin friar, Isidore of Seville, had a dream in which he saw an image of the Divina Pastora. Days later, he gave a detailed description of his vision to the artist Alonso Miguel de Tovar so that he could paint it. The painting of the virgin with pastoral hat, covered by a blue mantle, holding a boy in her left hand and a lamb in her right one, was called "Divina Pastora de Almas". Later, the sculptor Francisco Antonio Ruiz Gijón, made a life-sized sculpture of the Divina Pastora, which was carried in its first procession in 1705. HistoryThe devotion to the Divina Pastora in Venezuela dates from 1736, when the parish priest of the town of Santa Rosa commissioned a sculptor to make a statue of the Immaculate Conception. Unexpectedly, the figure that was delivered was of the Divina Pastora. The priest wanted to return it, but the packing crate could not be lifted. The whole town took this as a sign that the statue wanted to remain in Santa Rosa. In 1855, the status of the Divina Pastora as the patron saint of the Venezuelan state of Lara was further established, when a cholera epidemic occurred, striking a great number of families in Barquisimeto. Desperate, they implored the Divina Pastora for help. It is said that Father Jose Macario Yépez, parish priest of the La Concepción church of Barquisimeto, offered himself before the Virgin, to be the last victim of the disease. Some accounts say that the priest died six months later and that the epidemic then left the city; others indicate that his supplications stopped the epidemic immediately. The January 14th procession commemorates this event. In 2011, a group of vandals destroyed part of the Divina Pastora monument. The heads of sheep were decapitated and the face of the Virgin was hit by a bullet. Other images in the town were also vandalized with paint or destroyed.[4] ProcessionEach January 14 in Lara state, the Divine Shepherdess statue is carried by 6 to 10 men and women accompanied by a procession of more than 2 million people, some barefoot and carrying crosses, from Iglesia de la Divina Pastora in Santa Rosa near Barquisimeto to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Barquisimeto.[5] It is a festive occasion, with countless street vendors selling anything from food and liquor to small religious figurines along the route of just over 7.5 km that snakes through the city. Beginning at about 11:30 after the 10:00 am Mass at Santa Rosa, the procession lasts nearly 7 hours, making a traditional stop at Macario Yepez square. It culminates in the arrival Mass celebrated far and wide on Avenida Venezuela, with various cultural and musical acts ending a day full of fervor and faith. During the next couple of months the "Shepherdess" visits some of the 52 parishes of Barquisimeto and arrives back in Santa Rosa in time for Palm Sunday. VenerationThe earthquake of March 26, 1812, (which devastated the cities of Caracas, Barquisimeto, Mérida, El Tocuyo and San Felipe) destroyed the temple of the Divina Pastora, but the sculpture remained intact, reinforcing the belief of the faithful that the Virgin wanted to stay to protect them. The faith of devotees was also strengthened in 1855 after the breakout in Venezuela of a terrible cholera epidemic that decimated many families from Barquisimeto. The disease lingered, in spite of medicine, laments and prayers, and the desperate people decided as a last resort to walk in procession through the streets of Barquisimeto to the Divina Pastora, to implore her mercy, which was supposedly granted, as the epidemic ceased thereafter. GalleryEvery year the Virgin is dressed differently by a local fashion designer and her gown is donated by devotees paying penance. References1. ^{{cite book|last=Domínguez|first=Roberto|title=Pioneros de Pentecostés en el mundo de habla hispana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8NsD31PhVhcC&pg=PA64|year=1990|publisher=Editorial Clie|language=Spanish|isbn=978-84-7645-393-3|pages=64–}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Anselmi|first=Manuel|title=Chavez's Children: Ideology, Education, and Society in Latin America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hIG8mEh_NJQC&pg=PA113|year=2013|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-7391-6525-6|pages=113–}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Venezuela: Tres millones de fieles honraron a la Divina Pastora|url=http://www.zenit.org/es/articles/venezuela-tres-millones-de-fieles-honraron-a-la-divina-pastora|accessdate=10 January 2015|publisher=Zenit|date=17 January 2013|language=Spanish}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Pintan de rojo otro mural de la Divina Pastora en el estado Lara|url=http://eltiempo.com.ve/venezuela/religion/pintan-de-rojo-otro-mural-de-la-divina-pastora-en-el-estado-lara/23124|accessdate=10 January 2015|publisher=El Tiempo|date=2 June 2011|language=Spanish}} 5. ^{{Cite web | url=http://www.venezuelatuya.com/occidente/catedral_barquisimeto.htm | title=Catedral Metropolitana de Barquisimeto | language=Spanish |accessdate=2009-08-24}}
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