Torrox is preparing for its beloved Fiesta de la Candelaria — and they’re doing it the hands-on way. In the run-up to the ...

Celebrants attempt to touch a zebu in the streets of Tlacotalpan, Mexico. RNS photo by Irving Cabrera Torres Women sit near the Virgin de la Candelaria statue on Feb. 1, 2019, Tlacotalpan, Veracruz.

La Mera Candelaria is essentially Stephani Candelaria, a Bay Area transplant who arrived in Los Angeles three years ago, armed with a mountain of songs that blend salsa, cumbia and son cubano. The ...

Reuters Penitents of "La Candelaria" brotherhood walk to their church during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, April 3, 2012.

Día de la Candelaria is a Catholic holiday that takes place 40 days after Christmas, the day Mary was to be purified again after childbirth. On this same day, Mary and Joseph took baby Jesus to ...

Día de la Candelaria falls on Feb. 2, and in honor of the holiday, KTLA is throwing a tamale party with a little help from our friends at one of the best tamale spots in town, La Indiana Tamales ...

For many years, Olvera Street merchants have celebrated La Fiesta de la Candelaria. It’s a ceremony in which kids dress up their baby Jesus dolls to have them blessed by trained professionals ...

La Virgen de la Candelaria era el santo patrono de muchos de los primeros colonos, oriundos de las Islas Canarias, que emigraron a Puerto Rico. Location Currently not on view Credit Line Gift of ...

Just like them, the Mothers of La Candelaria find solace in their communal struggle. Throughout the years, this group of women has also learned to rely on themselves.