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Aránzazu ambassadors maintain Venezuelan devotion at Dallas Cathedral
The Ambassadors of Aránzazu maintain the devotion to Our Lady of the Rosary of Aránzazu at the National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Dallas. This Venezuelan tradition involves "the descent," where a mechanism is used to lower the image of the Virgin from its place of honor to bring her closer to the faithful.
The group began in 2019 during a family gathering and initially included approximately 35 people. After holding celebrations in municipal parks, the community moved its activities to the Cathedral in 2024. Liuberto Parra constructed the mechanism used to descend the image.
The devotion originated in the 16th century in the Aránzazu region of Spain, after a shepherd found an image of Mary among thorny bushes. The tradition later reached Santa Rita in Zulia state, Venezuela, where the Virgin serves as the patroness of the town.
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