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Dia de la Candelaria leads today's complete edition for Germany.
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The Virgin of Candelaria is venerated across northern Chile, especially in the mining towns where faith is the only thing stronger than the desert. Processions carry her through streets lined with copihues and copper dust. The miners pray to her before every shift and she has never let them down.
The traditional end of the Christmas season in southern Germany. The last greenery comes down. The last candle is lit. Farmers once considered Lichtmess the midpoint of winter. The saying goes: if the badger sees his shadow, six more weeks of winter. The Americans got Groundhog Day from this. The Germans got it first.