Read the following excerpt from Sandra Cisneros's story "Mericans."

La Virgen de Guadalupe is waiting inside behind a plate of thick glass. There's also a gold crucifix bent crooked as a mesquite tree when someone once threw a bomb. La Virgen de Guadalupe on the main altar because she's a big miracle, the crooked crucifix on a side altar because that's a little miracle.

What element of cultural heritage is revealed in this excerpt?

language

religion

clothing

folklore