From the well -known ‘lupitas’ this year there were very few San Miguel de Allende among traditional toys for Corpus Christi’s day
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.- Cardboard dolls, representative of the celebration of Corpus Christi, seem to be in danger of extinction, because some of the manufacturers of yesteryear have died and those who remain are already older and have stopped working.
From the well -known ‘Lupitas’ this year, San Miguel de Allende arrived among the traditional toys that are offered in the Plaza de la Soledad. Some seasonal merchants, which for 35 years have promoted this tradition, failed to supply dolls in Quiroga, Michoacán, or in the neighboring municipality of Celaya, where they were brought in previous years.
According to the vendors, there is no longer the one to manufacture these colorful dolls that marked girls of girls in the last century, since some of the oldest producers have already died and those who still live no longer work, and the new generations do not They are interested in a trade that does not give enough to live.
“The people who make them are already very large and children if they know how Sanmiguelense merchant.
Thus, children and grandchildren created the ‘lupitas’ and their original designs prefer Being increasingly difficult to get they are becoming collection pieces.
The few pieces found in the traditional sale cost between 95 and 200 pesos, in three different sizes.
What is and why is Corpus Christi’s day celebrated?
The day of Corpus Christi is a party that celebrates the Catholic Church whose origin dates back to 1208, when the religious Julian of Cornillon proposed to celebrate a party in honor of the body and blood of Christ. The Corpus Christi seeks to extol the sacrament of the Eucharist, whose meaning is ‘thanksgiving’. In 1264, Pope Urban IV instituted this party with the Bula Transiturus corpus Christi.
The Corpus Christi (in Latin ‘Corps of Christ’) is a party of the Catholic Church aimed at venerating the Eucharist. It is a liturgical calendar party that takes place next Thursday to the eighth of Pentecost.
This party, of medieval origin and instituted by the Urban Pope IV in the year 1262, had to serve the Church to publicly venerate the sacrament of the Eucharist and exalt the doctrine of the body of Christ against those who denied it.
It was mostly from 1316 when it extended throughout Christianity, following a bull of Pope John XXII. In this way, it extended throughout Europe, where over time it gained importance. From that moment it became generalized in Europe, and still in the 21st century, six centuries later, it is a religious, social, cultural and festive event of great importance.
Source: periodicocorreo
