A celebratory procession, cavalcade and mass were held last Sunday in King City to celebrate the birthday of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Many states of Mexico were represented in the Dec. 11 event, featuring charros — Mexican horsemen or cowboys — who rode on horseback from San Lucas to King City before joining the annual procession traveling down Broadway Street to honor the Virgin. Upon arrival at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Father Germán Rodriguez blessed the horses and riders and then offered mass to the hundreds of families and spectators who turned out for the ceremony.
