A group of indigenous Mexicans celebrated The Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe at a New York church on Sunday (December 12) evening by blowing conch shells and dancing in colourful traditional attire.

Footage showed them performing a blessing ritual at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Astoria.

According to Catholic tradition, the Virgin appeared to the indigenous Juan Diego in Mexico in 1531.

She was named “Patroness of the Americas,” Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe and is one of the most respected religious figures in Mexico.

The group performed at the front of the church while blowing conch shells then went back outside to perform a blessing ritual.
The Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a holiday celebrated every year on December 12th.
According to Catholic tradition: the virgin appeared to the indigenous Juan Diego in Mexico in 1531. She was named “Patroness of the Americas,” Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. She is one of the most respected religious figures in Mexico.

According to Catholic tradition: the virgin appeared to the indigenous Juan Diego in Mexico in 1531. She was named “Patroness of the Americas,” Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. She is one of the most respected religious figures in Mexico.