patgund: (Gears)
patgund ([personal profile] patgund) wrote2006-12-07 07:31 am

Interesting.....

Mayhaps someone ([livejournal.com profile] tepintzin??) can explain something I saw last night.

Driving back to Monrovia last night, I was going though LA's "Byzantine-Latino Quarter", and saw something a bit curious.

Group of about 30 people standing on a corner next to a church.

Many where carrying white votive candles. Two were holding a huge framed and matted picture of Our Lady Of Guadalupe. And the rest were throwing what looked like small white rocks at a small area on the street itself, (at the pavement)

Anyone care to hazard a guess as to what I was seeing. I would have thought a processional or memorial service, but the rock throwing wasn't something I quite figured out.

I'm curious, too

[identity profile] morgan-gw.livejournal.com 2006-12-07 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Her feast day isn't until next week (Dec. 12), so that's not it.

[identity profile] blackflag669.livejournal.com 2006-12-07 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Sent the link to my mom, she may be able to tell me and I'll pass it on.

[identity profile] stoutfellow.livejournal.com 2006-12-07 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
The only item on the Roman liturgical calendar for Dec. 6 is the feast of St. Nicholas - and this certainly doesn't sound like that!

[identity profile] tepintzin.livejournal.com 2006-12-07 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
No clue. [profile] letter_d?