The Virgin of Chiquinquirá: An invalid reverence in the times of a secular state
Translated by Edward Duigenan Imagine for one moment that the image that appeared every day behind the president during presidential speeches wasn’t the Virgin of Chiquinquirá, but one from the Hindu deities. Maybe, one of the Goddess Saraswati, the goddess Lakshmi or the God Ganesh. Imagine also that on a Hindu Festival the president would…