Vanhu vemuDominican vane tsika yechiKaturike uye imwe yeanonyanya kuratidza echitendero ndiwo mutambo unocherechedzwa munyika yese mukuremekedza Virgen de la Altagracia kana Mukadzi Wedu weAltagracia, Amai Vanodzivirira uye veMweya veDominican Republic..
Iwo mhemberero mutero kuMhandara dzakatotanga ne novenas, mhomho, nziyo, vakamirira zuva repakati rinova Ndira 21, zuva iro zviuru zvevanhu vakatendeka vanoungana kubva kumatunhu ese enyika kuenda kutemberi yake muHiguey kuti vamunamate nekumufarira.
Kunamatwa kweMhandara yeAltagracia kwakatangira pakati pezana ramakore rechiXNUMX vese vari muzuva ranhasi Santo Domingo neHiguey, asi, sekureva kwevanyori venhoroondo, kuzvipira kukuru kwakatanga nekukunda kwevaSpanish muna Ndira 21, 1690 pamusoro pevapambi veFrance mu Hondo yeSabana Chaiyo.
Mauto eSpain akange akumbira Mhandara yeAltagracia kuti ivabatsire kukunda muhondo, mushure mekunge nyasha dzapihwa, veSpanish vakaita mutambo mukuru mukuremekedza Mhandara Uye kubva pazuva iro zvichienda mberi, vanhu vese veDominican vanopemberera yega Ndira 21 mutambo vachinamata Mhandara yeAltagracia.
Mufananidzo wemhandara unotanga kuberekwa kwaJesu muchidyiro muBhetrehema, inokudzwa munzvimbo tsvene yeAltagracia, muguta reSalvaleón de Higuey. Zviuru zvevakatendeka vanoita mafirgrimu kubva kune mamwe maguta kuti vashanyire Mhandara, vachimunamata, vadzikinure uye vakumbire nyasha dzaMwari kune rimwe dambudziko remhuri.
Nzvimbo tsvene yeAltagracia Izvo hazvishanyirwe chete nevanozvipira veDominican vanozvipira, asiwo nevatorwa vanogovana uyu mutambo wechitendero uzere nekutenda uye nekunamata.