Día de la Candelaria or Candelmas as it’s known in English, is the last day of Christmas and celebrated on February 2 celebrated in Mexico and Spain. This festival is full of special events and the most important blessing to the baby Jesus. Leading up to the event, people can be seen carrying dolls that represent the baby Jesus. It’s also the day when people who found a baby Jesus figure in their rosca cake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_cake) are obliged to throw a tamale party. In CDMX there were all day festivities.
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