Sketching "Senhora das Pazes

I normally do not get myself into religion business, i am not religious and usually i see religion as a negative kind of thing.But i do respect the ones that  are religious, is not that i am atheist, i simply find it hard to believe in a book or religion created by a Human mind. But is not to discuss believing or not that i am posting this today, there is something that i love about religion, the fact that it creates traditions, and i LOVE tradition. Christmas, Easter, Carnival, Halloween, you name it. And today starts in the town that i come from in Portugal the festivities in honour of the towns protector "Senhora das Pazes", a holy virgin that  represents peace. There is a old story about how she appeared in a war time between Portugal and Spain and made peace between the two neighbour land. The thing is that today, most of the natives from my town "Ficalho" that do not live there anymore, will comeback for the weekend, to party, pray and see old friend and family. The ones that can not come,( it's my case) are there in heart and soul. This festivities, bring people together, put a smile in their faces, everyone puts on their best clothes and forget the crisis,the war... the negative things in the world.


For that and for the respect i have for the ones that believe in something bigger, for the Love in all the world, and the ones trying to make peace in the world or with themselves, for all the friendship, for the ones that believe in the Human race as one, but specially for my town's people "Ficalheiros" i made this sketch.


PEACE!