Virgin Days in Oaxaca

In a procession from a church in Oaxaca, women balancing portraits of the Virgin of Guadalupe spin and dance down the street.

Families flock to Llano Park in Oaxaca with their children dressed up to pose in Biblical scenes set up by photographers around the front of the church. Children sit on donkeys–either large plush ones or real ones. This self-possessed girl with perfect makeup and charming braids was ready for her close-up.

A little girl dressed as the Virgin of Guadalupe on a float in a procession.

Steve especially loved this guy dancing with a turkey under his arm in the procession for the Virgin of Guadalupe.

The full moon rises over Santo Domingo Church in Oaxaca. The domes are plaid.