Iglesia Maradoniana

The Iglesia Maradoniana - La Mano de D10S (Spanish Maradona Church - The Hand of God ) is formed one end of the 1990s in Argentina new religious movement with parody character to the former footballer Diego Maradona. You should have on their site 40,000 followers worldwide by its own account.

The fun parody religion the worship of this soccer player in Argentina's popular culture and exaggerates it intentionally, but it is for most members to real football fans. Initially a local event in the city of Rosario, she gained international after the turn of the millennium, even in German-speaking media attention.

Description

Maradona is referred to in the IM as D10S. This is based on the Spanish word Dios (God) and on the back number 10 ( diez ), which usually wore Maradona in his respective clubs. Within the IM, a new era with base on the birth of Maradona in 1960 is used. The year 2012 is therefore the year 52 DD ( Después de Diego, Spanish " to Diego ").

The October 30, Maradona's birthday, is considered the highest holiday, it is called Navidad (literally "birth celebration", Christmas) or the evening before as Noche Buena (Christmas Eve ). Also shown is the maradonianische Easter in the night from 21 to 22 June, to commemorate the game of the Argentine national team on June 22, 1986 at the World Cup in Mexico against England, in which Maradona with two famous gates - the " hand God "and the so-called " Goal of the Century " - the South Americans secured a narrow victory over their arch rivals.

As Scripture applies the autobiography Maradona, as relics of his jerseys, including at the SSC Naples and with the national team.

History

The Iglesia Maradoniana was founded on 30 October 1998 by the two football fans and Héctor Hernán Amez Campo Marin, Rosario. First, they celebrated only as a joke among friends each year on this date at Maradona's Birthday Christmas but it came more and more new fans. On 10 November 2001 at one of the many farewell games of Maradona, a grouping in Buenos Aires was founded. Since then, the movement is gaining more and more followers, among whom was prominent football players like Ronaldinho, the Brazilian and the Englishman Michael Owen are.

Diego our

• Diego nuestro que estás en las canchas. Santificada sea a tu zurda, venga a nosotros tu magia. Háganse tus goles recordar en la Tierra como en el Cielo. Danos hoy la magia de cada día, perdona a los ingleses, como nosotros perdonamos la mafia napolitana, no nos dejes caer en off -side y líbranos de Lange Havel y Pelé. Diego.

• Diego ours, where you 're on the football field, hallowed be thy left hand, which brings us your magic. Should be remembered in heaven at thy gates, as on earth. Give us something every day spell, forgive the English, as we have forgiven the Neapolitan mafia. Do not get caught offside and deliver us from Havelange and Pelé. Diego.