Towering at 149 feet, the statue is located on a 12,000-foot mountain south of La Paz, the country’s second largest city. It stands 22 feet taller than the Christ the Redeemer statue atop Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....The presentation of the $1.2 million statue also marked the beginning of Carnaval in Orugo. The city’s festival is the only Carnaval celebration that includes a dance in honor of the Virgin Mary....The closing procession, which took place on the evening of Feb. 3, featured nearly 50 dancers making their way to the shrine, where they asked the Virgin Mary for her intercession.
To: Alex Murphy
Just the way Jesus said to do it. Everything in His life shows that is how He wanted it. Big statues of people. People worshiping people.
/sarc
2 posted on
02/04/2013 4:45:56 PM PST by
BipolarBob
(Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
To: Alex Murphy
There's dozens of Buddhas all over Asia which dwarf that statue.
Nice try though.
4 posted on
02/04/2013 4:58:53 PM PST by
The KG9 Kid
(Bring back the booby hatches.)
To: Alex Murphy
May she magnify the lord Jesus. Thank you God.
14 posted on
02/04/2013 5:38:56 PM PST by
mgist
To: Alex Murphy
We praise Thee o Lord and we adore Thee.
22 posted on
02/04/2013 5:54:03 PM PST by
annalex
(fear them not)
To: Alex Murphy
What are those grey splotches scattered all over the statue? Looks like it’s pockmarked with bullet holes.
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