Thanks for fulfilling my dream of getting married on an elephant
Retablo by Miguel Hernández
— tagged with “wedding”
Thanks for fulfilling my dream of getting married on an elephant
Retablo by Miguel Hernández
Anastacia Velasco and her now husband Delfino Nuñez give thanks for their wedding went overall well.
Mexico, October 10, 1968
Retablo by Rafael Rodriguez Contreras
Señora Canute Bermejo was ordered to make mole for the master’s wedding but it turned sour. She was heartbroken and implored Saint Paschal for help, and the mole stayed good. She gives infinite thanks for, although everyone suffered diarrhea, nobody kicked the bucket.
Puebla, 1927
Retablo by Gonzalo Hernández
Virgin of the Rosary, I thank you for helming me to choose my love before saying “Yes, I do” on the day of my wedding.
Arturo, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1989
Retablo by Rogelio Peña
I give infinite thanks to Saint Anthony of Padua for granting me with the miracle of finding my love. In my age, I was ready to remain a old maid, but then one day Vicente came to my life. Now, when we are married, I’m very happy and I understood that love knows no age.
Leonor Rosales ~ San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Retablo by Gonzalo Palacios
I thank you, Virgin of Carmel, because I managed to get out of hell where I stayed because I couldn’t stand my ex-wife.
Jasinto, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1969
Retablo by Rogelio Peña
Thank you, Virgin of Carmel, I was able to find my fiancé and convince him to go to the church for his own good.
Petra — Oaxaca, Mexico, 1968
Retablo by Rogelio Peña
Juaquina Sanchez brings this retablo to the Virgin of the Solitude giving infinite thanks for she made so her masters Diego and Frida entered into a marriage, and she ask for happiness for them.
Mexico, 1931
Retablo by Gonzalo Hernández
Thank you, Virgin of Help, for the luck of marrying the landowner and widower and showing them that I marry him for love.
Juliana, 1974
Oaxaca, Mexico
Retablo by Rogelio Peña
Virgin of Guadalupe, we ask you to be always together and happy like on the day of the wedding.
Adrian & Michelle
Retablo by Rogelio Peña
Thanks Virgin for giving me courage not to marry that man whom I didn’t love. And my aunts old maids wanted to force to be unhappy.
Mariana, 1976, Oaxaca, Mexico
Retablo by Rogelio Peña
After looking for many years, I finally met the woman of my dreams. Thanks to you, Virgin of Carmel, I married her. Thanks.
Manuel Cardenas
Oaxaca, Mexico, 1968
Retablo by Rogelio Peña
We thank the Virgin of San Juan and the little Child of Atocha for giving us the whole corn harvest. We can sell it and get married. We only ask for health to be able to keep on working on our lands.
The Sanchez family, Puebla, Mexico, 20–11–1996
Retablo by Luis Vilchis