Mexico Magico
Manuel Topia, a souvenir vendor, by El Santuario de Atotonilco. Across the street from the church is a row of little stands where campesinos sell tacos and souvenirs.
Photographer Simon Watson's Note: He was a lovely old local, who sold whips and other religious stuff. (As John Davidson writes, "The penitentes make pilgrimages to the church to participate in Christ's suffering by whipping themselves, crawling around the shrine on bleeding knees, and sleeping on its cold stone floors.") This is something you don't really see in America; these vendors, I've found to be more common in Europe and Old World countries. From the article Mexico Magico
Photographer Simon Watson's Note: He was a lovely old local, who sold whips and other religious stuff. (As John Davidson writes, "The penitentes make pilgrimages to the church to participate in Christ's suffering by whipping themselves, crawling around the shrine on bleeding knees, and sleeping on its cold stone floors.") This is something you don't really see in America; these vendors, I've found to be more common in Europe and Old World countries. From the article Mexico Magico
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