Imodzi mwa Zikondwerero Zofunika Kwambiri ku South America
Phwando la Virgen de la Candelaria limakondwezedwa chaka chilichonse m'masabata awiri oyambirira a February, ndi Feb. 2 tsiku lofunika kwambiri, m'mayiko osiyanasiyana Achikatolika, kuphatikizapo Peru , Bolivia, Chile, Venezuela, ndi Uruguay. Ndi limodzi mwa masiku ofunika kwambiri ku South America.
Peru ndi Bolivia
Zikondwerero ku Peru ndi Bolivia zimayambira Nyanja ya Titicaca, ku Puno ndi mudzi wawung'ono wa Copacabana.
Ku Bolivia, Virgen amadziwika kuti Virgin wa Dark Lake ndi Patroness wa Bolivia. Iye amalemekezedwa chifukwa cha zozizwitsa zozizwitsa, zomwe zimafotokozedwa ku Nuestra Senora de Copacabana. Kawirikawiri, Copacabana ndi mudzi wamtendere, wamudzi wakukhala ndi nsomba ndi ulimi ndiwo ntchito zake zazikulu. Koma panthawiyi, mudziwo umasintha.
Pali zojambula, zovala zokongola, nyimbo, kumwa mowa kwambiri ndi kusangalala. Magalimoto atsopano amabweretsedwa kuchokera ku Bolivia onse kuti adzalandire mowa. Anthu amasonkhana kwa masiku angapo kutsogolo kwa chikondwerero kuti apemphere ndi kusangalala ndi chisakanizo cha zipembedzo za Katolika ndi zipembedzo. Ochita chikondwerero cha ku Bolivia amakhulupirira kuti Virgen amasankha kukhala mkati mwa tchalitchi chomwe chimakhazikitsidwa mwaulemu. Mukatulutsidwa kunja, pamakhala mvula yamkuntho kapena zoopsa zina.
Puno amadziwika kuti Folkloric Capital ya Peru ndipo amakhala ndi mbiri yabwino kwambiri pa nthawiyi, yomwe imatenga masiku ozungulira Feb.
2. Mosiyana ndi a Bolivia, zikondwerero za Peru sizengereza kutengera chifaniziro chawo cha Virgen m'misewu ya Puno mumsewu.
Kusanganikirana kwa zipembedzo zachikristu ndi zachikunja zikuonekera apa. Mamacha Candelaria, Mamita Canticha, ndi MamaCandi onse ndi mayina a Virgen wa Candelaria, woyera wa Puno.
Amayanjananso ndi Nyanja Titicaca monga kubadwa kwa ufumu wa Inca, kuphatikizapo dziko lapansi, Pachamama. Amuna, akazi, ndi ana akuvina mwaulemu kuti asonyeze kudzipereka ndi kuyamikira kwawo chifukwa cha madalitso ake. Chikondwererocho chikupitirira ngati chiyambi cha Carnival.
Phwando ili ndi magawo akulu awiri. Choyamba chimachitika pa Feb. 2, pamene chifaniziro cha Virgen chimachitika kuzungulira mzindawo mumsewu, ndipo ovina mumasewera okometsetsa amitundu yonse amalowa nawo. Osewera amaleka ndi gulu kutsogolo kwa tchalitchi kuti adalitsidwe ndi madzi oyera, pambuyo pake atakhazikika ndi madzi otayidwa kuchokera ku nyumba zapafupi.
Gawo lachiwiri limapezeka pa Lamlungu pambuyo pa Feb. 2, otchedwa Octava. Patsikuli, magulu okhudzidwa m'madera a Puno kuvina masana ndi usiku ali ndi mphamvu zachipembedzo komanso mpikisano.
Uruguay
Zikondwerero ku Uruguay zimachitika ku Iglesia de Punta del Este , zomwe zimapezeka pamtunda wochepa chabe, kumene akuti anthu oyambirira a ku Spain adakwera pamtunda ndipo adakondwerera kubwera kwawo ndi Misa.
Chile
Ku Chile, Virgen de la Candelaria imatengedwa ku Copiapo, kumene iye ndi woyera wa oyang'anira. Chaka ndi chaka, gulu lomwe limadzitcha kuti Chinos limanyamula chifanizirocho, ndipo mwana amalowa m'malo mwa bambowo.
Pali zovina zachipembedzo komanso panthawi ya chikondwerero cha masiku awiri, kuphatikiza pamodzi mwambo ndi chipembedzo.
Venezuela
Ku Venezuela, Fiesta de Nuestra Senora de La Candelaria imakondwereredwa ku Caracas , Merida ndi mizinda ina ndi Misa, zipembedzo, ndi masewera.