Many murals in East LA have religious overtones. The Virgen de Guadalupe is a powerful symbol for many Catholic Mexicans, seeing her as the patron saint of the Mexica nation. The male figure in this mural is supposed to represent the famous Juan Diego, an indigenous figure that saw the Virgin of Guadalupe appear before him, and subsequently asked him to build her a shrine in a particular site in Mexico City.
Today, that site in Mexico City is one of the most important religious shrines in Latin America, visited by millions of people every year, and especially on December 12, the internationally observed anniversary of her appearance.
This corner store doubles as a bakery, as the reference to pan dulce denotes that it also sells Mexican sweet bread.
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