Every February 2nd, we celebrate Our Lady of Candelaria, a Marian devotion. The name originates from 'candelero' or 'candela', referring to light: the holy light that guides us to the right path ...

The Spanish celebration of La Candelaria kicks off as penitents remember the anniversary of the day when Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem forty days after his birth.

After you're done reading about cults, cannibalism and flesh-eating zombies, author and National Poetry Slam Champion Melissa Lozada-Oliva wants readers to "call their grandmothers." "Candelaria ...

The main day of the Fiesta de la Candelaria, Feb. 2, culminates in the center of Tlacotalpan with the burning of paper and wooden bullfighting figures filled with fireworks called “toritos.” ...