H.B.’s Oak View neighborhood celebrates Virgin of Guadalupe with music and traditional dancing

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Community members listen to a mariachi band play at the Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration at the Rodriguez home on Queens Lane in Huntington Beach on Tuesday. The event celebrates the appearance of the Virgen Morena to the Mexican peasant Juan Diego in 1531. The celebrations continue through Wednesday.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Aaron Flores, 1, of Huntington Beach, dresses as Mexican peasant Juan Diego for the Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration in Huntington Beach on Tuesday.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Chinelos dance in celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Huntington Beach on Tuesday. The event celebrates the appearance of the Virgen Morena to the Mexican peasant Juan Diego on Dec. 12, 1531.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Mariachi Hidalguense plays for the Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration at the Rodriguez home in Huntington Beach on Tuesday. The event celebrates the appearance of the Virgen Morena to the Mexican peasant Juan Diego on Dec. 12, 1531.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Patriarch Leonides Rodriguez, holding banner, leads the way to Mass for the Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration in Huntington Beach on Tuesday.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Gregoria Patricia, a member of the Mexico Lindo Aztec dancers, performs a ritual for the Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration in Huntington Beach on Tuesday.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Areli Garcia and members of her family and friends, dressed in typical native Mexican attire, sings songs of adoration for the Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration in Huntington Beach on Tuesday. The event celebrates the appearance of the Virgen Morena to the Mexican peasant Juan Diego on Dec. 12, 1531.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Chinelos dance for Our Lady Guadalupe celebration on Tuesday.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Neighbors hand out pozole for those in attendance at the Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration in Huntington Beach on Tuesday.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Gregoria Patricia and members of the Mexico Lindo Aztec dancers perform ritual dance for the Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration on Tuesday.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Chinelos dance for Our Lady Guadalupe celebration, in front of the Rodriguez home on the 17300 block of Queens Lane in Huntington Beach on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. The event celebrates the appearance of the Virgen Morena to the Mexican peasant Juan Diego on Dec. 12, 1531. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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Mariachi Hidalguense play for Our Lady Guadalupe celebration, at the Rodriguez home on the 17300 block of Queens Lane in Huntington Beach on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. The event celebrates the appearance of the Virgen Morena to the Mexican peasant Juan Diego on Dec. 12, 1531. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

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A statue of the Virgen Morena is surrounded by flowers while a mariachi band plays at the Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration in Huntington Beach on Tuesday.

(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

By Daily Pilot staff

Dec. 12, 2018 11 AM PT

Huntington Beach’s Oak View neighborhood paid tribute to the Virgin of Guadalupe with live music and traditional dancing Tuesday evening as part of the annual Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration.

Residents in the predominantly Latino community shut down their streets for the religious observance, which continues through Wednesday, to commemorate the appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe to the peasant Juan Diego in 1531.

The community invites people to visit elaborate altars built for the event. Food such as pozole, tamales and atole — a thick, warm beverage made with masa — are offered for free.

H.B.’s Oak View neighborhood celebrates Virgin of Guadalupe with music and traditional dancing

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