Faith walk.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: LIMA Lima, city, Peru Lima (lē`mə, Span. lē`mä), city (1990 metropolitan area est. pop. 6,400,000), W Peru, capital and largest city of Peru. Its port is Callao. , Peru -- A group of women dressed in purple and white congregate con·gre·gate tr. & intr.v. con·gre·gat·ed, con·gre·gat·ing, con·gre·gates To bring or come together in a group, crowd, or assembly. See Synonyms at gather. adj. 1. Gathered; assembled. 2. to pay homage to Peru's most revered Catholic religious icon, "The Lord of the Miracles," in a major procession through central Lima October 18. This procession, the largest of its kind in South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , dates back to colonial times, when a slave brought from Angola drew the image of a black Christ on the walls of a plantation hut in Pachacamilla, near Lima. |
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