Lavada de la Plata For more than two centuries, in the first hours of every December 6, the welcoming of pilgrims who arrive in El Viejo for the traditional Lavada de la Plata, a religious rite that symbolizes the cleansing of the soul of pilgrims. It has a spiritual meaning because it cleanses our hearts and purifies our souls. How shiny the metal is, our hearts must remain when we leave this place. The chandeliers that adorn the altar, the silver house in which the image rests and rests, the pedestal, the processional litters. As well as chalices, glasses, snowflakes, among others, they are vehemently polished to arrive with a clean and resplendent soul at La Gritería. Faithful to their Virgin, the parishioners keep the cotton, rags, handkerchiefs or other instruments that they used for that purpose. Santa Ana On July 26, the Catholic people of Chinandega celebrated Our Lady Santa Ana. Monsignor Rodrigo Urbina, presided in the morning a Mass in the ch...