When being POD is scary

Yeah, I’m missing the purpose of the demonic skull in remembering San Francisco Solano.

Er–memento mori? I hope?

Peace,
–Peter

According to some pages in Spanish I found, the locals honor the saint by “dressing in feathers from head to feet” with “painted faces and hands”.

So this kid went with a mask instead of painting his face, which is either a technological step up or an admission of artistic failure. Or maybe he’s just some lame tourist. There are other pictures which actually show more feathers and tradition.

Anyway, it’s important to note that St. Francisco Solano evangelized Indians in what is today Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. He was also the patron saint of the Venerable Solanus Casey, probably because St. Solano also played the fiddle and taught music and chant as well as theology. But it’s also appropriate that St. Solano was a great miracleworker….