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Pilgrimage to Chimayo: New Mexico Magazine Instagram Takeover

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Final Frame. Thank you for following along this weekend on the Official New Mexico Magazine Instagram feed @newmexicomag as we explored the culture of Northern New Mexico and the annual pilgrimage to Chimayo — Much appreciated! 

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Modesto Martinez turns 90 in April. He makes the pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayó each year from his home in Española.

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Pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico.

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Bearing the weight of wooden crosses, Troy Martinez (left) and Nick Ortiz travel the “High Road to Taos” for the third consecutive year en route to El Santuario de Chimayo on Good Friday, April 18, 2014. Many pilgrims carry rosaries and crosses to pray for and honor loved ones. (AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley)

Bearing the weight of wooden crosses, Troy Martinez (left) and Nick Ortiz travel the “High Road to Taos” for the third consecutive year en route to El Santuario de Chimayo on Good Friday, April 18, 2014. Many pilgrims carry rosaries and crosses to pray for and honor loved ones. (AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley)

Navajo elder Betty Box, accompanied by two friends from Colorado, enter the courtyard of El Santuario de Chimayo, Thursday, April17, 2014, having made the pilgrimage north from Santa Fe earlier that day. (AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley)

Navajo elder Betty Box, accompanied by two friends from Colorado, enter the courtyard of El Santuario de Chimayo, Thursday, April17, 2014, having made the pilgrimage north from Santa Fe earlier that day. (AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley)

Rosaries hang for sale outside of El Santuario de Chimayo during Holy Week, Friday, April 18, 2014. Many pilgrims carry rosaries and crosses to pray for and honor loved ones. (AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley)

Rosaries hang for sale outside of El Santuario de Chimayo during Holy Week, Friday, April 18, 2014. Many pilgrims carry rosaries and crosses to pray for and honor loved ones. (AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley)

Pilgrims enter El Santuario de Chimayo on Friday, April 18, 2014. Traditionally pilgrims take a small amount of Holy Dirt, believed to have healing powers, from “el pocito” or “the little well” inside the historic church, which was built in 1817. (AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley)

Pilgrims enter El Santuario de Chimayo on Thursday, April 17, 2014. Traditionally pilgrims take a small amount of Holy Dirt, believed to have healing powers, from “el pocito” or “the little well” inside the historic church, which was built in 1817. (AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley)

Friends and family walk together from Nambé, New Mexico to El Santuario de Chimayo, on Good Friday, April 18, 2014. As many as 40,000 pilgrims journey to El Santuario de Chimayo each year during the Easter weekend. (AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley)

Friends and family walk together from Nambé, New Mexico to El Santuario de Chimayo, on Good Friday, April 18, 2014. As many as 40,000 pilgrims journey to El Santuario de Chimayo each year during the Easter weekend. (AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley)

On Good Friday pilgrims travel the road from Nambé, New Mexico to El Santuario de Chimayo, Friday, April 18, 2014. As many as 40,000 pilgrims journey to El Santuario de Chimayo each year during the Easter weekend. (AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley)

On Good Friday pilgrims travel the road from Nambé, New Mexico to El Santuario de Chimayo, Friday, April 18, 2014. As many as 40,000 pilgrims journey to El Santuario de Chimayo each year during the Easter weekend. (AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley)

Dusk envelopes El Santuario de Chimayo, Thursday, April17, 2014 as pilgrims begin to arrive on the church steps ahead of Good Friday. El Santuario de Chimayo, was built by the Spanish in 1813. AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley

Dusk envelopes El Santuario de Chimayo, Thursday, April17, 2014 as pilgrims begin to arrive on the church steps ahead of Good Friday. El Santuario de Chimayo, was built by the Spanish in 1813. (AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley)

Victor Moncada stands with a walking stick, Thursday, April 17, that belongs to his uncle who was paralyzed a number of years ago and is no longer able to make the trek himself. Moncada walked from Albuqurque, New Mexico to have his rosery and the staff blessed at El Santuario de Chimayo during Holy Week. AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley

Victor Moncada stands with a walking stick, Thursday, April 17, that belongs to his uncle who was paralyzed a number of years ago and is no longer able to make the trek himself. Moncada walked from Albuqurque, New Mexico to have his rosery and the staff blessed at El Santuario de Chimayo during Holy Week. (AP Photo/Jeremy Wade Shockley)

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