Clearly they are a part of the relationship with Christ that is a major part of the lives of some people in the Latino community. But why candles? And why, in particular, the picture that is on many of them? Is there a specific meaning of this symbol or this particular kind of candle?
Please, please, no racist answers and no anti-immigration answers. This is a question about religion, not politics.
2007-02-01 04:59:28 · 3 answers · asked by ? 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My husband is Hispanic and Catholic and he will light a candle in memory of his father or other deceased loved ones when we go to memorial masses. I believe that some have pictures of patron saints on them and may be used in an appeal/prayer to that particular saint. Others have pictures of Our Lady of Guadalupe or Jesus (more self-explanatory).
2007-02-01 05:12:15 · answer #1 · answered by ms_quiltsalot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends, some of them are actually devout catholics, some are santero, which is an amalgamation of their original beliefs with the catholicism that was forced upon them, some are curandero and the canldes fit with the supplicant's belief system--need more specifics to answer better
2007-02-01 13:04:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They save electricity. MEXICANS ARE POOR!! hee, hee!!
2007-02-01 13:02:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋