Palm Sunday

Today is Palm Sunday, which I love in Mexico because of the artisan-woven palm figures for sale at street stands outside all of the churches here. You can buy dozens of different models, from the most simple palm fronds to very elaborately woven crucifixes involving palm leaves, stalks of wheat, and other natural and manufactured materials, all of them very economical. They are carried in the Palm Sunday procession into the church, often together with chamomile, rosemary, or other aromatic herbs.


We went to 10 a.m. Mass at San Cayetano church (our parish), and I took a few pictures of the palm weavers-and-sellers at the door. They are not the best photos in the world, but they do give you an idea of the local "color" on this day.




This third picture shows dh (in red at left) asking the price of an item he liked.


And here's the one I ended up buying for myself -- in the shape of a Eucharistic monstrance, bedecked with a little glitter. It is a wonderful example of folk art -- and cost only 10 pesos (less than the equivalent of one U.S. dollar). It's green and supple now, but in time with dry to a straw color.




Finally, here's another image from my defunct e-card site. This was one that I had available to send for Palm Sunday. It shows the close up of one of the less elaborate, more usual palm figures.



Today was also national election day in Peru, dh's homeland. He voted here in Mexico City ... but that's a topic for another day -- namely, tomorrow.



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