In towns all over Mexico, parades, feasts, and general carousing honor the anniversary of the day Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem forty days after his birth, in order to perform the required sacrifice of purification. Called "the feast of candles," La Candelaria is a reminder of the light of the Baby Jesus. Wherever it's celebrated, Candelaria is a time of purification. In pagan folklore, the day marks the middle of Winter and the promise of spring. If you visited towns in Mexico today, you would see the wide variety of ways it's celebrated around the country.
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