Marian devotion
Totals. La Virgen de la Loma is a contemporary devotion of Aguadas, in the Colombian department of Caldas, linked to the activity of the weavers of aguadeños hats. The institutional source consulted places the arrival of the image to Aguadas in 2005 and documents the January feast and the organization of artisans that bears its name. It's not a documented historical apparition.
Where is he?
The title is located in Aguadas, Caldas, Colombia. The map coordinate corresponds to the location obtained from OpenStreetMap: 5.6131, -75.4576. An inner point of temple or custody has not been established because the source consulted does not clearly identify a specific building for the image.
Documented history
The report Of hats and religionpublished by Artesanías de Colombia, explains that the image was first taken to Aguadas in 2005. The representation shows her as a Virgin related to the work of weaving the water hat. The same source points out that every January its feast is held and that a corporation of weavers was established under that name.
Devotion unites a local Marian expression with a artisan trade characteristic of the municipality. Crafts from Colombia also documents the presence of the Corporación Tejadoras Virgen de la Loma among the initiatives of traditional crafts of Aguadas. These data allow us to describe a contemporary history of community identity, without turning it into a colonial tradition or attribute an antiquity that sources do not give.
Tradition and devotion
The tradition of this advocation is recent: the image and the feast are related to the artisans, the iraca palm hat and the cultural life of Aguadas. Its devotional value is to accompany a community and dignify its work. The source consulted does not provide a story of apparition, a concrete miracle or a chain of testimonies that will allow these facts to be presented as a documented story.
Legend
There is no ancient legend associated with the Virgin of the Loma in the cross-cutting sources. If additional local accounts are circulated, they should be kept as a tradition as long as no documentation appears to allow them to be dated and safely attributed.
Ecclesial State
It has a contemporary popular devotion and a party linked to the image. There is no decree on apparition, canonical coronation, sanctuary or miracle in the consulted sources. This is why the fact sheet does not attribute to the advocation an approved supernatural state; it merely describes devotion and its artisan context.
Anecdotes and stories
The particularity of the Virgin of the Loma is the explicit relationship between a Marian image and the weavers of Aguadas hats. The corporation of artisans turned the name of the advocation into a way to recognize its trade and to present it in spaces of cultural promotion.
Prayer
St. Mary, accompany the weavers and all the people who work with their hands. Pray for the families of Aguadas, that they may find dignity at work, solidarity in the community and hope in Jesus Christ. Amen.
Sources
- Crafts of Colombia, Revista Artifices 14"From hats and religion.", the main source of contemporary history.
- Colombian handicrafts, news about traditional handicrafts in Caldas.
- OpenStreetMap, ratio 410730, town of Aguadas and territorial coordinate.
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