Parishioners travel by carriages to see the Black Christ of Exaltation in a chapel in Izamal. The Black Christ is one of the most revered images in Yucatan, with the cult to this Christ dating ... more
Parishioners travel by carriages to see the Black Christ of Exaltation in a chapel in Izamal. The Black Christ is one of the most revered images in Yucatan, with the cult to this Christ dating from the eighteenth century. The image of the Black Christ is lowered every October 18 and taken on a pilgrimage to the Franciscan convent San Antonio de Padua built on an ancient Mayan pyramid in the city of Izamal. less































