The Assemby of peace cooperation of Spain and Comandos de Salvamento are sponsoring an Urban Bike Ride on October 17th at 10 am in front of the National University.
Category Archives: Community Support
Large Public Events, Parades, National Holidays, Civil Unrest, Soccer Games, Concerts, Jail Riots, etc. Presence at political events.
Whose Balls are on Fire in Nejapa? WTH?
credit: Carlos Najarro
This last Aug 31st, Comandos from the Central Base got together with members of our delegate base of Nejapa and Apopa to help the “Nejapenses” commemorate the explosion of the San Salvador Volcano in 1917. (source: (LPG) Many foreigners and North Americans were present to endure the infamous c*l%ro rah from many excited youth. A few pics on the delegate Base of Nejapa’s site.
Snowball Fight? Not!
A full on salute to our delegate member base in Nejapa. Lead base commander Alex Torres and other EMS crews are standing watch over the cultural celebration, “bolas de fuego” tonight. They are present for whatever emergency might present itself,-from common fatigue, to of course the random, “torched hair”. It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye suffers burns, so be careful Nejapenses and have fun.
CDS Doctors Ready for Action
The Medical Doctor team that worked during the Descent and Acsension of the Divino Salvador del Mundo parade on August 5th 2010 are from left to right, Dr. Stanley Lara, Dr. Luis Adiel Delgado, Dra. Margarita de Orellana y el Dr. Julio Cesar Orellana. The team does medical consults at the main base clinic and attends to minor surgeries and triage in our emergency walk in clinic. All four of them support CDS EMS workers and Rescue teams during emergencies and natural disasters. They also offer consults in the country side during medical brigades.
Foto Credito: Dra.Margarita Menjivar de Orellana tras su fb.
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Descent and Rise of the Savior 2010
Every year during the Agaust vacations celebrations, San Salvador take part in the “Salvador del Mundo” religious procession through the streets of the city. some 200 Comando Volunteers took part in the traditional”bajada” -descent of the savior of the world-representing the transfiguration of Christ where they carry a large wooden box with the Christ inside. (More info below) CDS also had 12 ambulances present in case of emergencies but their main purpose was to carry the statues take at least 40 people to lift. Other institutions including Red Cross, Green Cross, Boy Scouts, and PNC participated. The procession was led by the Archbishop of San Salvador and other assistant priests of different parroqs in San Salvador. This is the main patron saint festival of San Salvador. Fotos CDS.
Answers.com states,
The patron saint and namesake of El Salvador—El Salvador del Mundo (the Savior of the World)—is honored with a national festival. …..The main events of the festival are a religious procession, a large fair, various sporting events, a beauty contest, and a riotous party featuring street floats and dancers. The religious ceremony takes place in front of the national cathedral and entails a spectacle known as la bajada (the descent). This ritual features an old wooden image of Christ that is paraded through the streets and then lowered inside a wooden shell. There the sculpture’s purple garments are removed, and it emerges from the shell appareled in gleaming white robes, a symbolic representation of Christ’s transfiguration. more here.