Desde El Rincón Vigilia y devoción por San Lázaro - video Dailymotion

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Desde el Rincón de San Lázaro en Cuba Como cada diciembre, miles de fieles cubanos acuden al Santuario de San Lázaro en el Rincón para cumplir sus promesas. Muchos realizan sacrificios y penitencias como muestra de agradecimiento por los favores recibidos. Reportaje exclusivo para ADN Cuba desde El Rincón

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00:00I am walking on my knees since 3 in the afternoon.

00:18Every December 17, thousands of faithful Cubans go to the San Lázaro Sanctuary in El Rincón to fulfill their promises.

00:25Many make sacrifices and penances as a sign of gratitude for the favors received.

00:55How old are you?

00:57I am 63.

00:58And since 1980, since you were a child?

01:00I came here badly, badly, badly.

01:03And look, he loves me like a 15-year-old girl.

01:05I promised him that if he took care of me, I would become his missionary.

01:10And he took care of me, and look, with a broom, opening his eyes.

01:14San Lázaro Sanctuary

01:19What is the San Lázaro Sanctuary like?

01:22There are people who, for how many years, have been fulfilling their promises.

01:26How old are you?

01:28I am 26 years old.

01:29And what motivated you to do it?

01:31The promise for my son.

01:34I was seriously ill and I kept my promise.

01:37And is he currently healthy and well?

01:40He is healthy and well.

01:41Where do you come from?

01:43I come from La Línea, and I am from Matanza.

01:46From Matanza?

01:47I am from Matanza, and I come from La Línea.

01:50And do you belong to the Afro-Cuban religion?

01:53Have you received San Lázaro in Ararao?

01:56San Lázaro is my holy land.

01:59What is your name?

02:00Carlos.

02:01And you, sir, also fulfill the promise?

02:06Yes.

02:07Do you accompany him?

02:09Yes, we do.

02:11Together?

02:12Yes, together.

02:13We met here together.

02:14You met here?

02:15He accompanies me.

02:16Those are my Himawas.

02:18Yes, yes.

02:19The Himawas.

02:20They have been fulfilling their promise with me for three years.

02:24Three years.

02:25Three years.

02:26They are there.

02:27Don't laugh.

02:28Thank you very much.

02:29We are reporting for ADN Cuba and to make your faith visible in San Lázaro.

02:34Blessings and good health.

02:35Look, family, the promise they make, how does it work?

02:38They come on their knees from La Línea to the sanctuary.

02:46San Lázaro is one of the most venerated figures in Cuban popular religion.

02:51The saint occupies the second place after the Virgin of the Charity of Copper as an object of worship and devotion.

02:58His image is associated with both Catholicism and the sanctuary,

03:02so he is a symbol of religious fusion on the island.

03:09How many interferences have you had in the day?

03:11I have had several interferences to get here to the corner.

03:18I left Havana at 6 in the morning.

03:23I had the road broken in the afternoon of October 10.

03:31I had to clear all this, make the move and continue the march,

03:37because I cannot be convinced of this march on the vipers in San Lázaro.

03:44I left at 6 in the morning and look what time it is.

03:49I am entering the corner before 12 at night.

03:54I have been walking on my knees since 3 in the afternoon.

03:59I will continue on my knees until I get to where my father is, because he deserves it.

04:10Since when do you make the promise to close San Lázaro?

04:14Now, on the 17th, it will be 19 years.

04:17What motivated you to put your faith in him?

04:20My daughter, when she was one year old, her mother took her by force.

04:26A motorcycle hit her.

04:29Her mother died and my daughter got serious for a month and 28 days.

04:35I made the promise and now, on December 17, it is my 19th birthday.

04:41Is she healthy?

04:44At this moment, this year she is not with me, but now she is in the United States.

04:49Thank you, San Lázaro, that everything is going well.

04:51What is your name?

04:52Carlos Manuel.

04:53How old are you going to make the promise?

04:55I will finish this year.

05:00The origin of the fever of San Lázaro dates back to the times of the Spanish colony.

05:05Legend has it that in 1578, some leper-sick sailors were healed in the town of Rincón, near Havana.

05:13After invoking the protection of the saint.

05:16Since then, he has become a protector of those affected by this disease.

05:24Sir, how many years have you been making the promise?

05:28Four years.

05:30Four years? Where do you come from?

05:32Santiago de Cuba.

05:33From Santiago de Cuba?

05:34Yes.

05:35How did you get here?

05:37From Santa Havana, I left at 8 o'clock.

05:42I came here at 4.40.

05:44And have you gone to other provinces to make the ceremony?

05:47Yes.

05:49The ceremony is here.

05:51And you, what was the product of your promise?

05:54Health.

05:55To health?

05:56Yes.

06:08Are they irons?

06:11They are operations.

06:13Operations? And has it prospered?

06:16It has put all its strength in it.

06:22With the passage of time, his figure also acquired great importance within the rites of the sanctuary.

06:27Like Babalú Ayé, origin of the contagious diseases.

06:31Thus, Saint Lazarus came to represent the hope of healing for the believers of both religions.

06:38The child was born with a tumor in the spine.

06:41And thanks to God and Saint Lazarus, I promised him a lot.

06:45He disappeared.

06:46And until the age of 17, I have been making the promise to the child.

06:48How many years?

06:49I continued studying.

06:50Thanks to them, nothing else came out, but I have to continue until the age of 17.

06:54And how long are you going to come?

06:57No, until the 17th of December.

07:00I come with the child from the four corners, as I am.

07:03And how old is the child?

07:06He is six years old.

07:08Thanks to God.

07:10And what is your name?

07:12Jorge.

07:15Reporting for ADN Cuba.

Desde El Rincón Vigilia y devoción por San Lázaro

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