Guatemala’s Annual San Simón Celebration of Faith and Tradition
Amid candles, music, and abundant alcohol, thousands of devotees celebrated San Simón on Monday in an indigenous town in Guatemala. San Simón is a popular saint to whom drug traffickers, prostitutes, migrants, and merchants pray. His followers ask for favors in love, health, or business and celebrate his “birthday” every October 28, when thousands make …
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