Daya daga cikin bukukuwa mafi muhimmanci a Amurka ta Kudu
An yi bikin festival na Virgen de la Candelaria kowace shekara a farkon makonni biyu na Fabrairu, tare da Fabrairu 2 ranar mafi muhimmanci, a wasu ƙasashen Katolika na Katolika, ciki har da Peru , Bolivia, Chile, Venezuela, da Uruguay. Yana daya daga cikin lokutan bukukuwan da suka fi muhimmanci a Amurka ta Kudu.
Peru da Bolivia
Aikin Peru da Bolivia suna cikin biki a Lake Titicaca, a Puno da ƙauyen Copacabana.
A cikin Bolivia, an san Virgen ne da Dark Virgin na Lake da Patroness na Bolivia. An girmama ta saboda wasu mu'ujjizan da aka yi, a cikin Nuestra Senora de Copacabana. Kullum al'amuran Copacabana ne mai kauri, ƙauyen karkara da aikin kifi da aikin noma da manyan ayyuka. Amma a lokacin birane, ƙauyen ya canza.
Akwai samfurori, kayan ado masu kyau, kiɗa, da kuma shan ruwan sha da yawa. Sabbin motoci suna kawo su daga ko'ina cikin Bolivia don su sami albarka tare da giya. Mutane sukan taru don kwanakin da suka gabata kafin bikin don yin addu'a da kuma tunawa a cikin cakuda na Katolika da kuma na asali. 'Yan Bolivian sun yi imanin cewa Virgen na son zama a cikin Basilica da aka gina a cikin ta. Lokacin da aka kai waje, akwai hadarin hadari ko wata masifa.
An san Puno ne mai suna Folkloric Capital na Peru kuma yana rayuwa har zuwa labaransa a cikin wani babban yanayi a lokacin wannan duniyar, wadda take da kwanaki kusa da Feb.
2. Ba kamar Boliviya ba, wadanda ke ba da izini na Peruvian basu jinkirta daukar hoto na Virgen ba a titin Puno a cikin wani tsari.
Haɗuwa da Kirista da addinan arna suna bayyana a nan. Mamacha Candelaria, Mamita Canticha, da MamaCandi duk sunaye ne ga Virgen na Candelaria, sanata na Puno.
Ta kuma hade da Lake Titicaca a matsayin haihuwar mulkin Inca, tare da al'adun duniya, Pachamama. Maza, mata, da yara suna rawa cikin girmamawa don nuna godiya da godiya ga albarkunta. Wannan bikin ya ci gaba ne a matsayin mai farawa zuwa Carnival.
Wannan bikin yana da manyan abubuwa guda biyu. Na farko zai faru ne a ranar Feb. 2, lokacin da aka ɗauki siffar Virgen a kusa da birnin a cikin wani procession, kuma masu rawa a cikin kayan ado daga kowane nau'in rayuwa sun shiga cikin fararen. Masu rawa suna dakatar da wani rukuni a gaban babban cocin don a yi albarka da ruwa mai tsarki, bayan haka an shayar da su da ruwa da aka jefa daga gidajen da ke kusa.
Na biyu lokaci ya faru a ranar Lahadi bayan Feb. 2, wanda ake kira Octava. A wannan rana, kungiyoyi masu kyauta daga yankunan Puno dance da rana da dare a cikin addini da kuma ruhu na ruhu.
Uruguay
An yi bikin ne a Uruguay a Iglesia de Punta del Este , wanda kawai yana iya zama a bakin ruwa, inda aka yi zaton Mutanen Espanya na farko sun shiga teku kuma suna murna da zuwan Masallaci.
Chile
A ƙasar Chile, an samo Virgen de la Candelaria a Copiapo, inda ta kasance mai kula da masu aikin raka. A kowace shekara, wata kungiya da ake kira kansu Chinos ke ɗaukar mutum a cikin motsin, kuma dan ya maye gurbin uban a cikin rukuni.
Akwai wuraren kiɗa na addini kuma a lokacin bikin ranar kwana biyu, tare da hada baki da kuma addini.
Venezuela
A Venezuela, an yi bikin Fiesta de Nuestra Senora de La Candelaria a Caracas , Merida da wasu biranen tare da Masses, addinai, da rawa.