Hundreds of parishioners will gather to dance and celebrate in honor of the image of The Lord of Conquest, a crucifix that has a history that is both bloody and miraculous and that commemorates the image of Christ, as is also the case with the Lord of Chalma, the Lord of Burgos or the Lord of Esquipulas.

It turns out that around the year 1575 two friars went out accompanied by soldiers on an evangelizing mission to the indigenous people but were ambushed by the Chichimecas on their way to their objective when they were passing through a "pass" (today called Calderón) in a very stony stream where they were mercilessly murdered.

It is said that the friars embraced and soaked their Christs made of corn stalks from Pátzcuaro in their blood, thus giving them miraculous properties. A few soldiers managed to save their lives and brought with them the crucifixes that were destined one for the Parish of San Miguel and another for the Villa de San Felipe.

It was the fervent devotion of the friars Francisco Doncel and Pedro de Burgos and the sacrifice of their lives that they say conferred miraculous powers on the Christs and thus today the Day of the Lord of the Conquest is celebrated every first Friday in March.

By the early hours of Friday the color of the feathered dancers invades the streets of Saint Michael who do not stop dancing for hours to a hypnotic rhythm with their Danza de los Concheros.

This tradition, which is somewhere between pre-Hispanic and Catholic, is clearly representative of the dual spirit of the Mexican people, and as the hours go by, a solemn mass is celebrated in honor of the 450 years of the religious image and the impressive life-size Christ that it displays.

The aroma of copal, the devotion of the parishioners and the exhausting movement of the plumes are undoubtedly a spectacle that is well worth seeing and experiencing, and why not? Ask for a miracle in the process with its more than a thousand participants.