Virgin of Copacabana

The “Virgen de la Candelaria or Morena Virgin”, was carved the year 1580 by indigenous artist Francisco Tito Yupanqui, grandson of Inca Túpac Yupanqui. On the first centenary of the independence of Bolivia (1925), the Virgin of Copacabana, She was proclaimed by Pope Benedict XV as Patroness of Bolivia. For this pilgrimage the government of Bolivia has declared her to be the itinerant ambassador of Bolivia., and in turn UNESCO, Messenger of the Culture of Peace and Integration of the Andean World.

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The image is said to be a copy of a Spanish sculpture, which has indigenous features and a dark face, the body was carved from maguey wood, covered with luxurious mantles tailored to your needs, seal of the great author Francisco Tito Yupanqui.

In his right hand he holds a basket with two doves and a command staff., I remember what the viceroy of Peru did to him in 1669. The halo of his head, It is made of precious metals, where you can see: the moon, and twelve stars.

The original image never leaves the Sanctuary, and for processions a copy of it is used, His cloak is changed three times a year and the faithful have given him hundreds of cloaks., which will be used, until the 2050.

Belén Condarco
UMSA Tourism major student

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