Mexico, Candlemas Day in Mexico City

Jan 31, 2022

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Tamale Fair On The Occasion Of The Candlemas Day In Mexico City Atole is sold during the Tamale Fair in the Iztapalapa municipality in Mexico City, on the occasion of Candlemas Day, which celebrates the period that ends the cycle of Christmas festivities within the Catholic Church. The tamale, of pre-Hispanic origin, was used as an important part of the offerings to the gods of the Aztec pantheon. It is worth mentioning that the 2nd of February corresponded to the beginning of the first day of the first month of the Mexica calendar called Atlcahualo or Quauitleoa. Mexico City Mexico City Mexico Copyright: xGerardoxVieyrax originalFilename: vieyra-notitle220131_npPLk.jpg
Tamale Fair On The Occasion Of The Candlemas Day In Mexico City A woman offer tamales for sale during the Tamale Fair in the Iztapalapa municipality in Mexico City, on the occasion of Candlemas Day, which celebrates the period that ends the cycle of Christmas festivities within the Catholic Church. The tamale, of pre-Hispanic origin, was used as an important part of the offerings to the gods of the Aztec pantheon. It is worth mentioning that the 2nd of February corresponded to the beginning of the first day of the first month of the Mexica calendar called Atlcahualo or Quauitleoa. Mexico City Mexico City Mexico Copyright: xGerardoxVieyrax originalFilename: vieyra-notitle220131_npp51.jpg
Tamale Fair On The Occasion Of The Candlemas Day In Mexico City Women offer tamales for sale during the Tamale Fair in the Iztapalapa municipality in Mexico City, on the occasion of Candlemas Day, which celebrates the period that ends the cycle of Christmas festivities within the Catholic Church. The tamale, of pre-Hispanic origin, was used as an important part of the offerings to the gods of the Aztec pantheon. It is worth mentioning that the 2nd of February corresponded to the beginning of the first day of the first month of the Mexica calendar called Atlcahualo or Quauitleoa. Mexico City Mexico City Mexico Copyright: xGerardoxVieyrax originalFilename: vieyra-notitle220131_npfef.jpg
Tamale Fair On The Occasion Of The Candlemas Day In Mexico City A group of people offer tamales for sale during the Tamale Fair in the Iztapalapa municipality in Mexico City, on the occasion of Candlemas Day, which celebrates the period that ends the cycle of Christmas festivities within the Catholic Church. The tamale, of pre-Hispanic origin, was used as an important part of the offerings to the gods of the Aztec pantheon. It is worth mentioning that the 2nd of February corresponded to the beginning of the first day of the first month of the Mexica calendar called Atlcahualo or Quauitleoa. Mexico City Mexico City Mexico Copyright: xGerardoxVieyrax originalFilename: vieyra-notitle220131_npXhh.jpg
Tamale Fair On The Occasion Of The Candlemas Day In Mexico City Tamales are sold during the Tamale Fair in the Iztapalapa municipality in Mexico City, on the occasion of Candlemas Day, which celebrates the period that ends the cycle of Christmas festivities within the Catholic Church. The tamale, of pre-Hispanic origin, was used as an important part of the offerings to the gods of the Aztec pantheon. It is worth mentioning that the 2nd of February corresponded to the beginning of the first day of the first month of the Mexica calendar called Atlcahualo or Quauitleoa. Mexico City Mexico City Mexico Copyright: xGerardoxVieyrax originalFilename: vieyra-notitle220131_npgS0.jpg
Tamale Fair On The Occasion Of The Candlemas Day In Mexico City Tamales are sold during the Tamale Fair in the Iztapalapa municipality in Mexico City, on the occasion of Candlemas Day, which celebrates the period that ends the cycle of Christmas festivities within the Catholic Church. The tamale, of pre-Hispanic origin, was used as an important part of the offerings to the gods of the Aztec pantheon. It is worth mentioning that the 2nd of February corresponded to the beginning of the first day of the first month of the Mexica calendar called Atlcahualo or Quauitleoa. Mexico City Mexico City Mexico Copyright: xGerardoxVieyrax originalFilename: vieyra-notitle220131_np06U.jpg
Tamale Fair On The Occasion Of The Candlemas Day In Mexico City A woman offers tamales for sale during the Tamale Fair in the Iztapalapa municipality in Mexico City, on the occasion of Candlemas Day, which celebrates the period that ends the cycle of Christmas festivities within the Catholic Church. The tamale, of pre-Hispanic origin, was used as an important part of the offerings to the gods of the Aztec pantheon. It is worth mentioning that the 2nd of February corresponded to the beginning of the first day of the first month of the Mexica calendar called Atlcahualo or Quauitleoa. Mexico City Mexico City Mexico Copyright: xGerardoxVieyrax originalFilename: vieyra-notitle220131_npC3d.jpg
Tamale Fair On The Occasion Of The Candlemas Day In Mexico City Monumental image of the Child God installed during the Tamal Fair in the Iztapalapa municipality in Mexico City, on the occasion of Candlemas Day, which celebrates the period that ends the cycle of Christmas festivities within the Catholic Church. The celebration is also related to the Tenerife, Spain tradition of the Fiesta de las Candelas, or Candle Festival, which grew out of the story of the apparition of the Virgin Mary in the 14th century. Mexico City Mexico City Mexico Copyright: xGerardoxVieyrax originalFilename: vieyra-notitle220131_npegp.jpg
Tamale Fair On The Occasion Of The Candlemas Day In Mexico City Tamales are sold during the Tamale Fair in the Iztapalapa municipality in Mexico City, on the occasion of Candlemas Day, which celebrates the period that ends the cycle of Christmas festivities within the Catholic Church. The tamale, of pre-Hispanic origin, was used as an important part of the offerings to the gods of the Aztec pantheon. It is worth mentioning that the 2nd of February corresponded to the beginning of the first day of the first month of the Mexica calendar called Atlcahualo or Quauitleoa. Mexico City Mexico City Mexico Copyright: xGerardoxVieyrax originalFilename: vieyra-notitle220131_np1gh.jpg
Tamale Fair On The Occasion Of The Candlemas Day In Mexico City Atole is sold during the Tamale Fair in the Iztapalapa municipality in Mexico City, on the occasion of Candlemas Day, which celebrates the period that ends the cycle of Christmas festivities within the Catholic Church. The tamale, of pre-Hispanic origin, was used as an important part of the offerings to the gods of the Aztec pantheon. It is worth mentioning that the 2nd of February corresponded to the beginning of the first day of the first month of the Mexica calendar called Atlcahualo or Quauitleoa. Mexico City Mexico City Mexico Copyright: xGerardoxVieyrax originalFilename: vieyra-notitle220131_npSTR.jpg
Tamale Fair On The Occasion Of The Candlemas Day In Mexico City A woman poses in front of a monumental image of the Child God installed during the Tamal Fair in the Iztapalapa municipality of Mexico City, on the occasion of Candlemas Day, which celebrates the period that ends the cycle of Christmas festivities within the Catholic Church. The celebration is also related to the Tenerife, Spain tradition of the Fiesta de las Candelas, or Candle Festival, which grew out of the story of the apparition of the Virgin Mary in the 14th century. Mexico City Mexico City Mexico Copyright: xGerardoxVieyrax originalFilename: vieyra-notitle220131_npbAm.jpg

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