Cebuano word

kandilarya

In English, kandilarya means:

kandilarya n {1} church festival celebrated on the second of February (forty days after the Nativity) for the blessing of can-dles.
It is in commemoration of the presentation of Christ in the Temple and the purification of the Blessed Virgin and marks the end of the Christmas season.
{2} candles blessed on this day, burnt during lightning storms.
paN- v [A2] {1} sing carols dur-ing candelaria (carols about the three Kings, not about the birth of Christ).
{2} spend this holiday s.w.

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