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'Candelária' (Portuguese) or 'Candelaria' (Spanish) is used as a toponym in parts of the world where those languages are or were spoken.
Candelaria is also a pagan holliday 'Imbolc' (IM-BULK) that is celebrated throughout most of Mexico on February 2nd, though most people don't associate "El dia de la Candelaria" (The day of Candelaria) with paganism and they rather associate it as the counter-part holiday of January 6th "El dia de Reyes" (The day of the three wisemen). In most regions of Mexico, whomever finds the babies hidden inside the "Rosca de Reyes" (Kings Cake) on January 6th is obligated to bring food (mostly tamales) to a gathering held on February 2nd.
'Candelária' may refer to:

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Places

People

Places

;Brazil

★ Candelária Church, a historical church in Rio de Janeiro

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★ Candelária massacre, 1993 massacre near the church

★ Candelária, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
;Portugal

★ Candelária (Madalena)

★ Candelária (Ponta Delgada)

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★ Candelária Sport Clube, a roller hockey team from the parish
;Argentina

★ Candelaria, Misiones, Misiones Province
;Colombia

★ Candelaria, Valle del Cauca

★ Candelaria, Atlántico

★ La Candelaria, a historic neighborhood in Bogotá
;Cuba

★ Candelaria, Cuba, Pinar del Río Province
;El Salvador

★ Candelaria, Cuscatlán

★ Candelaria de la Frontera
;Guinea-Bissau

★ Candelaria, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
;Honduras

★ Candelaria, Lempira
;Mexico

★ Candelaria, Campeche, Mexico

★ Metro Candelaria, a station on the Mexico City Metro
;Philipines

★ Candelaria, Quezon

★ Candelaria, Zambales
;Spain

★ Candelaria,Tenerife
;United States

★ Candelaria, Texas, Presidio County

People

★ John Candelaria (born 1953), American baseball pitcher

★ Candelaria Pérez (1810–1870), sergeant in the Chilean Army, hero of the Battle of Yungay