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Worthington, Minnesota – 12 January 2025
1. Women wearing traditional Guatemalan clothes rushing into church in cold
2. Various Replica Black Christ of Esquipulas in church
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Worthington, Minnesota – 11 January 2025
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dilma Pérez, Festival organizer:
“Many went to Our Lord of Esquipulas and never imagined that the same Christ who’s in Esquipulas we would get to have here in this parish.”
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Worthington, Minnesota – 12 January 2025
4. Girl in traditional clothing in church
5. Various men in traditional clothing carrying Black Christ of Esquipulas in church
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Sergio Pérez, Festival organizer:
“It’s a statue that’s really made in Esquipulas, it’s a replica of the Black Christ there.”
7. Church overhead
8. Camera streaming service
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Sergio Pérez, Festival organizer:
“It’s something that cost a lot, we sacrificed a lot. And in the same way, as you can see, now the celebration has become much larger, much larger, because now we also have a marimba.”
10. Various people playing drums and marimba
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Fernando Garcia, Marimba band director:
“As Guatemalans, the traditional music is the marimba. Everywhere, there’s always a marimba playing.”
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Tejutla, Guatemala – 15 January 2025
12. Aerial view of town ++MUTE++
13. Men playing marimba
14. Candles in church
15. People viewing Black Christ of Esquipulas in church
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Worthington, Minnesota – 12 January 2025
16. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) María Ramírez, Festival dancer:
“It’s a special celebration because the Black Christ of Esquipulas is miraculous, that’s why we venerate him a lot.”
17. Various men and women dancing in traditional dress
18. People clapping
19. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) María Ramírez, Festival dancer:
“We the women dress like this in Guatemala in our province of Ixchiguan, and so we’re representing our country.”
20. Various people touching and praying to Black Christ of Esquipulas
21. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Lucas López, Festival dancer:
“From there, from our country of Guatemala, he’s come here like us, like immigrants we brought him like we came. The same way, the Black Christ of Esquipulas took planes, borders, crossed borders like us.”
22. Black Christ of Esquipulas
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Worthington, Minnesota – 11 January 2025
23. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dilma Pérez, Festival organizer:
“For us, it’s a source of pride to have the Christ here in the parish of St. Mary. And it’s like to have a little piece of Guatemala here in this church.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Worthington, Minnesota – 12 January 2025
24. Various people taking photos with the Black Christ of Esquipulas
STORYLINE:
With their sparkling embroideries and colorful sashes flapping in the frigid wind, hundreds of Guatemalan faithful flocked to the Catholic church of this heartland farming town to celebrate their biggest festival yet in honor of the Black Christ of Esquipulas.
Just days before the start of a U.S. administration that’s promised a swift immigration crackdown, they turned with hope and pride to the statue of the crucified Jesus, an elaborately carved replica of the most venerated image in their tropical homeland. Church members had it especially commissioned and brought from Guatemala at enormous expense, along with two massive marimbas. No feast is complete without these musical instruments.
“It’s like having a little piece of Guatemala in this church,” said Dilma Pérez, choir member and festival organizer.
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