Little Candles' Day(or night)
Today in Colombia, we celebrate Little Candles' Day, this day, we light candles oin the front of our houses to "iluminate" the path in which Virgin walks (or walked) by. It is a symbolic way to show God our love. Unfortunely, nowadays people don't light candles on December 8th dawn just to show God how they love him but they take it as an excuse to get drunk and/or do drugs; in fact sometimes you can see a liquor store more overcrowded than a church on these christian celebration days. It's kind of sad how people's fulfilling ways has changed as the years passed by.
And you? Do you celebrate a Little Candles' Day in your own country?
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Little Candles' Day(or night)
Today in Colombia, we celebrate Little Candles' Day. On this day, we light candles in the front of our houses to "iluminate" the path in which the Blessed Virgin walks (or walked) by. It is a symbolic way to show our love to God our love. Unfortunely, nowadays people don't light candles at dawn on December 8th dawn just to show God how they love him, but instead they use it as an excuse to get drunk and/or to do drugs; in fact, sometimes you can see that the liquor stores are more crowded than the churches on these Christian feast days. It's kind of sad how people's ways of fulfilling their spiritual or psychological needs ways have changed as the years have passed by.
And you? Do you celebrate a Little Candles' Day in your own country?
They do something very similar in Mexico, and the hispanic parts of Texas, but I think that is closer to Christmas.
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I'd like to have these kind of culture in Brazil.Unfortunately we don't have these kind of celebrations in here.:(
It's good to know that traditions still exist in some parts of the world.
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