![]() She typed in some words and placed the phone in my hand.Įste es el Bogota yo se. She looks at me with the patient annoyance with which one looks at an impertinent three year old, then smiled and gestured for my phone. Off goes the bracelet, same thing, only then the bracelet comes off and she takes my hand and starts saying words I don't understand and slides MY hand through the bracelet, so my hand is sandwiched between hers then she took it off. February 2 is Da de la Candelaria (Candlemas) and the conclusion of Christmas season celebrated in Mexico and Spain. She takes the bracelet off does the same thing, hand to her heart, slips through says words - I got nothing. ![]() The disc is in one hand with the other she puts on her chest over her heart, then slips her hand through the center of the bracelet while she speaks. Soooo, next she starts saying some words and at first, I can't relate to what she is doing. It was the Solar System with nine stones. I realized, she is making orbits with her finger, she makes me aware the green rock is the third rock from the sun. She pointed over it and made slow circles with her finger, then pointed at the green rock. ![]() She puts her hand over it spins her hands again - it looks like a flat disc with a hole in it, like a wire mesh CD only bigger. She tells me. "el mundo", this is the world. She then tells me - slowly through a combination of cellphone google translate, sign language and very slow spanish that didn't matter how slow she spoke, I didn't get it anyway. I can see North and South America, she had an Emerald in South America a red one in North America. Then she twists her hands and opens them. She slides the bracelet off and into the palm of her hand, between both. She picked up a piece from her display mat, and slid onto her wrist what appeared to be a 3 inch wire bracelet adorned with small gemstones. That's right, street vendors are taking care of me. ![]() Her friend must have noticed, and I am eternally grateful for his sympathy to my rear end being on said cobblestones, as he brought me some hot tea to drink. I began looking over the jewelry on their blanket, realizing at that moment, how quickly cold can be transmitted by the cobblestones one is sitting on. She began to show me some of the jewelry she made. She makes wire, string and gemstone jewelry. She and her friend are part of a small group that stays together. She started on a bicycle, it got stolen, she then walked the rest of the way from Venezuela to Bogota, Colombia. She told me her name, and that she is from Venezuela. A la letra el evangelio señala: Transcurrido el tiempo de. Así como nos lo presenta San Lucas en el Evangelio. She and her friend laughed and introduced themselves. El próximo dos de febrero se celebra el día de la Candelaria, es decir, el día de las candelas, dando lugar a la presentación del Niño Jesús en el templo y la purificación de la Virgen después del parto. I sat down across from her and her friend and introduced myself as I had become accustomed - "Soy Patrick Mi espanol es muy malo". In addition to the cool looking jewelry she was making future presents), this vendor is sporting an "I heart Justin Bieber" hoodie - I simply have to know her story El día de la Candelaria es festejado cada 2 de febrero se celebra la purificación de la Virgen, se viste al niño Dios y se lleva a la iglesia para ser bendecido. Jewelry making not surprising, however the "I heart Justin Bieber" hoodie? This day also celebrates the ritual presentation of baby Jesus to God in the Temple at Jerusalem.Ĭandlemas Candlemas, also called Presentation of the Lord or Presentation of Christ in the Temple or Hypapante, Christian festival on February 2 commemorating the occasion when the Virgin Mary, in obedience to Jewish law, went to the Temple in Jerusalem both to be purified 40 days after the birth of her son, Jesus.Įvery year on February 2 nd Mexico celebrates the Día de la Candelaria, or Candlemas, where the “child is raised” from the nativity scene and the figures or images of him are taken to the church to be blessed.I found y way to a row of street vendors, and much to my surprise - I saw someone making and selling jewelry. Candlemas commemorates the ritual purification of Mary, 40 days after the birth of Jesus’ birth. The Christmas Season in Mexico ends on el Día de la Candelaria, Candlemass Day, celebrated every February 2. … The bread has a baby figurine hidden inside. Día de la Candelaria is a follow-up to the festivities of Día de Los Reyes, on January 6th, when children receive gifts and family and friends break bread together.
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