Marian devotion
La Virgen del Carmen in Colombia
Bangalore, Colombia
The Colombian Caribbean sailors venerate the Virgin of Carmen.
Place: Bangalore, Colombia
Type: Apparition / Advocation
In Cartagena de Indias, Caribbean sailors venerate the Virgin of Carmen. They carry an image on their ships and pray to him before they sail.
Tradition tells that the Virgin of Carmen protected the Caribbean pirates who attacked Cartagena. The Carthagenerans prayed to him the Rosary and the Virgin protected them.
Every 16 July, the sailors organize a maritime procession in the port of Cartagena.
The Virgin of Carmen is the mother who protects those who sail the Colombian Caribbean.
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