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EMBOSCADA, Paraguay (AP) – Catholic parishioners in Paraguay don bird-like costumes and parade through the streets in the municipality of Emboscada, some 25 miles (45 kilometers) northeast of the capital of Asuncion, to honor St. Francis Solano who is said to possess miraculous powers.
Photos of Paraguayans in feathered costumes paying homage to a 16th century saint
EMBOSCADA, Paraguay (AP) – Catholic parishioners in Paraguay don bird-like costumes and parade through the streets in the municipality of Emboscada, some 25 miles (45 kilometers) northeast of the capital of Asuncion, to honor St. Francis Solano who is said to possess miraculous powers.
It is said that the feathers symbolize the Guaicurú Indigenous group who would attack smaller tribes and Spanish colonizers to prevent them from stealing their food and weapons.
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