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'Queen of Lake' greeted among fanfare

The Virgin of Zapopan made a regal entrance to Chapala last Sunday riding aboard a float adorned with a huge floral arrangement and life-size models of the recently sainted 20th century Popes John XXIII and John Paul II.

Ritual dancers dressed in exotic costumes added color, rhythm and flair to the icon’s spectacular welcome procession.  The annual prayer fest for the well-being of Lake Chapala brought together a crowd of 5,000 pilgrims led by Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega. Ritual dancers dressed in exotic costumes added color, rhythm and flair to the icon’s spectacular welcome procession.