Diomedes Díaz was dedicated to this spiritual determine – credit score Colprensa/Intelier
July 16 is the Day of the Virgin of Carmen, a spiritual determine who has been honored in Colombia since 1606 after the founding of the Carmelite convent in Bogotá.
Equally, in Colombia, since she is taken into account the patron saint of drivers, celebrations in honor of the Catholic determine lengthen over a number of weekends within the nation, with parades on totally different roads that interrupt mobility.
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One other facet that made this determine tackle nice significance in Colombia is that Diomedes Díaz, some of the outstanding vallenato artists in historical past, was a devotee of the Virgin of Carmen.
Within the track Un canto celestial, Díaz made common a narrative that had one in all his accordionists, Juan Humberto Rois, because the protagonist. In it, the artist defined that his buddy had given him a determine of the Virgin, which he thought-about the most effective presents.
“Juancho Rois gave me the Virgin, he gave me the Virgin of Carmen, and now, I’ve her in Carrizal, the land the place I used to be born…” says a stanza of the track.
Diomedes Díaz made references to the Virgin of Carmen in a number of of his songs – credit score Jesús Avilés/Infobae Colombia
As a result of there was no infrastructure within the city of Diomedes for the determine to reach by air, the Virgin needed to be present in Valledupar and transported by automobile to Carrizal. The artist left the thing on the Los Brasilitos farm, the place he requested Ana Mercedes González to maintain it.
Earlier than leaving, the artist surrounded the Virgin with flowers, posters, a Bible, and lined the crown with a vueltiao hat that’s nonetheless there.
Talking to El Pilón, González recalled what Diomedes did each time he went to his home to go to the spiritual determine. He stored repeating that it was a present from Juancho Rois, who died on November 21, 1994.
“Diomedes introduced the Virgin of Carmen. Since then, we clear her, we put candles and flowers on her, we pray to her with religion and devotion. She takes care of us and frees us from all evil… He got here right here a number of occasions and all the time stated that Juancho Rois had given him the Virgin. Each time he got here, he knelt down, cried, prayed and even requested the Virgin of Carmen for a lot of issues,” he stated.
Diomedes Díaz talked about the Virgin of Carmen in most of his hits, in these mentions he requested her for well being for himself and his household, and he additionally thanked her for the blessings he continually acquired.
Drivers pay homage to the Virgin of Carmen each July 16 – credit score Colprensa
The Day of the Virgin of Carmen is a spiritual vacation in Colombia that’s celebrated each July 16 in honor of the Virgin Mary in her invocation of Carmen; which has its roots in Mount Carmel in Israel.
The Marian devotion to the Virgin of Carmen unfold all through Spain and the Spanish colonies in Latin America, so devotion to the Catholic determine in Colombia dates again to the seventeenth century, when totally different brotherhoods have been based in honor of this virgin, finishing up totally different charity occasions.
July 16 is the date chosen to pay homage to the Virgin of Carmen because of the look of the Virgin Mary earlier than Saint Simon Inventory, an English Carmelite in 1251.
Nevertheless, in Colombia, a unique devotion was adopted for the Virgin of Carmen, since she is taken into account the patron saint of drivers, so in July there are congregations and parades with songs, prayers and the presence of various giant photos which can be moved on the highest of the automobiles.
