It's part of an age-old tradition to walk to the Mother. The Aztecs walked for dozens of generations on their Diaspora of purification when they first came into this world. So to walk, to take an excursion on foot to the Great Temple at Tepeyacac, means a fundamental return to their ancestral roots. The movement rekindles and regenerates their spirits. Tepeyacac can be the Vietnam of spirituality during a festival.
Army helicopters fly overhead.
Special teams of shiny-booted storm troopers bend their perceptions to search for an excuse to tear gas and mow down the bristling crowds with Washington's bullets. Fireworks explode within centimeters of your face. A carpet of broken glass leaves multicolored shards in your shoes, and in the feet of those who don't have shoes. When the church kicks the pilgrims out at night, they sleep on the cold, filthy cement and asphalt street. There, as they sleep in deep, humble sincerity, they dream.