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Indigenous town in Guatemala commemorates popular Saint Simon / 36KY23U
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Amid candles, music, and plenty of alcohol, Guatemalans gather in an indigenous town to celebrate San Simon, a popular folk saint prayed to by traffickers, sex workers, migrants, and merchants.
His devotees ask him for favors in love, health, or business, and commemorate his "birthday" every October 28, when thousands make the pilgrimage to a temple built in his honor in the Kaqchikel Maya town of San Andres Itzapa, 35 km west of the capital IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES