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Purple Month (Mes Morado) and the Lord of the Miracles
It is October in Lima, also known as mes morado, the Purple Month. There are purple banners hung along streets in downtown Lima, purple candles sold on street corners, desserts tied with purple bows displayed in bakery windows. A favorite pastry is a flat, candy- and syrup-drenched affair known as Turron de Dona Pepa. On city streets and in banks and restaurants, you’ll find people dressed in purple head to toe. Usually they are middle-aged ladies wearing conservative knee-length dresses and pants suits. Sometimes it will be a child dressed in a purple robe with matching cape. Occasionally you will see a trendsetter in a purple mini skirt, purple…