Today's Relgious Question
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infrogmationAntigua Guatemala, Thursday, 14 June, 1979:
"What's going on here?" I asked a local.
"It's Corpus Christi"
We watch the giants dance to marimba music for a while.
"So, Why are there dancing giants?" I asked.
"Because it's Corpus Christi, of course." the local told me. "Don't they have Christians where you come from?"
....
I have to admit, I'm still in heathen ingnorance about that. The Catholic Encyclopedia Feast of Corpus Christi article doesn't shed any light on the dancing giants issue. Perhaps one of my Christian readers can enlighten me?
Wondering simply, -- F.
A 1989 sighting of the Corpus Christi Dancing Giants of Antigua
"What's going on here?" I asked a local.
"It's Corpus Christi"
We watch the giants dance to marimba music for a while.
"So, Why are there dancing giants?" I asked.
"Because it's Corpus Christi, of course." the local told me. "Don't they have Christians where you come from?"
....
I have to admit, I'm still in heathen ingnorance about that. The Catholic Encyclopedia Feast of Corpus Christi article doesn't shed any light on the dancing giants issue. Perhaps one of my Christian readers can enlighten me?
Wondering simply, -- F.
A 1989 sighting of the Corpus Christi Dancing Giants of Antigua
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Re: not a catholic and don't play one on tv
Date: 2004-12-17 01:58 pm (UTC)I had lots of interesting cultural /ethnographic /anthropological experiences during my time down there. It was only going through my old photos that I recalled that this was one I'd never learned to decode.
The Catalans seem to be responsible for lots of the more interesting Spanish customs.