Clinging to faith, Lourdes Sanchez She stopped on her way to her hometown in the province of Corrientes. The dancer stopped for a few minutes in the town of Mercedes where the original sanctuary of the Gauchito Gil, religious figure, object of popular devotion.
Lourdes approached the image of the “saint” and looked at him from close up, placing her hands on the glass case that protects his image. She also took advantage of her time there to light and dedicate a typical red ribbon to him, as a spiritual recognition and a request for his personal needs.
And it was through his official account Instagram that the wife of Chato Prada She shared with her thousands of followers the images of the moment as well as the reason that led her to stop at the place and contemplate the image of the gaucho murdered in 1800.
“Whenever I go to Corrientes, if I go by car, I must stop at the Gauchito Gil sanctuary. No matter what. In fact, if you don’t stop, it can bring you bad luck. I am a big believer in Gauchito. I always have his little red ribbon and we always stop. Chato and Valentín (their son) too. We always go and ask for what is common, health and work.”, Sanchez said.
THE STORY OF GAUCHITO GIL
The sanctuary built on a site close to the place of his death (located about 8 kilometers from the city of Mercedes) receives hundreds of thousands of pilgrims every year, especially on January 8, the anniversary of Gil’s death. His grave is in the Cemetery of the City of Mercedes, reveals the historical review of his place of veneration.
Outside the country there are sanctuaries in Chile on the Carretera Austral, in Uruguay, in the city of Mercedes and in Jaureguiberry, Department of Canelones. Also, on the outskirts of the city of Barcelona, Spain, at km 5.5 of route BP-5002 and in Bolivia in the department of Tarija, where there are several sanctuaries.
