Devotees of the Virgin of Guadalupe fill the streets of H.B.’s Oak View neighborhood for saint's feast day

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Members of the traditional dance group Las Inditas dance next to the La Virgen Maria altar during La Virgen de Guadelupe procession in Huntington Beach on Thursday. The streets were lit up with home altars, traditional food and dancing from Las Inditas from Pueblo, Mexico. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

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Members of the Oak View neighborhood carry the altar of the Virgin Mary as they honor the feast day of La Virgen de Guadelupe with a traditional procession along Mandrell Drive in Huntington Beach on Thursday. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

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An elaborate altar in honor of La Virgen Maria, rests at a neighborhood home on Oak Lane. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

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An elaborate and colorful altar in honor of La Virgen de Guadelupe lights up a neighborhood home on Oak Lane in Huntington Beach on Thursday. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

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Members of the Oak View neighborhood carry the altar of the Virgin Mary as they honor the feast day of La Virgen de Guadelupe. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

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Members of the traditional dance group Las Inditas dance next to the La Virgen Maria altar. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

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An elaborate and colorful altar in honor of La Virgen de Guadelupe lights up a neighborhood home on Koledo Lane in Huntington Beach (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

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An elaborate and colorful altar in honor of La Virgen de Guadelupe lights up a neighborhood home on Oak Lane in Huntington Beach. (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

By Daily Pilot Staff

Dec. 12, 2019 10 PM PT

Huntington Beach residents gathered in the Oak View neighborhood Thursday for the second of a two-night celebration of the Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a popular Catholic feast day honoring the patron saint of Mexico.

Residents erect altars throughout the neighborhood and devotees pray to Mary, known as the Virgin of Guadalupe, giving thanks and asking for continued blessing and protection in the coming year.

Dec. 12 is the day that Catholics, usually of Mexican descent, mark the legend of the Virgin Mary’s appearance to Juan Diego in Mexico in December 1531.

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Devotees of the Virgin of Guadalupe fill the streets of H.B.’s Oak View neighborhood for saint’s feast day

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