CORPUS CHRISTI IN TRUJILLO

On a Sunday during our June cooking and art week at the Palacio de Piedras Albas was the celebration of Corpus Christi.
We were so lucky to experience the whole fiesta in the streets and from the loggia of the palacio, the very best place to observe the plaza.
PLAZA MAYOR IN THE EARLY MORNING, SOON THE PREPARATIONS START……

ROSE PETALS, CYPRUS AND ROSEMARY ARE SCATTERED IN FRONT OF THE SHRINES

SHRINES ARE ERECTED WITH SYMBOLS OF THE FEAST, EUCHERIST, ANGELS AND STARS


CHILDREN APPEAR IN THE STREETS DRESSED FOR THEIR FIRST COMMUNION


SANTA MARIA CHURCH FILLS WITH PROUD PARENTS AND ANGELIC CHILDREN

AFTER THE CEREMONY THE PROCESSION LED BY AN ANCIENT PRIEST PROCEEDS THROUGH THE TOWN TO THE VARIOUS SHRINES
                                                                                                                                                                                        


THE PROCESSION REACHES THE PLAZA AND THE SHRINE BELOW THE PALACIO

WE HAVE A WONDERFUL VIEW FROM THE LOGGIA


THE GIRLS SCATTER ROSE PETALS IN CELEBRATION