Day of the Chinita

Day of the chinita.

Unit 3

The month of November it is of special significance for the people zuliano, since during the same one the celebrations are carried out in honor of the Chinita (equivalent zuliano of guajirita) or Virgin of the Chiquinquirá.
according with the tradition zuliana, the Chinita came to Maracaibo on the waves of the lake. It counts the history that one day of the year 1749, a simple woman had just washed his clothes in the shores of the lake of Maracaibo, when suddenly it saw floating a thin woodenboard, who gathered thinking that might be useful to him to cover the water earthen jug that it had in the broker of his house. On the following morning, when it was straining the coffee, the woman listened to a few blows as if someone was calling. It went to see what was happening and stayed overwhelmed of astonishment on having seen that the planchette was shining and that it was appearing in her, the image of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá.

Comment: The day of the celebration of the chinita for me is one of the most important days since I have a lot of faith.