Immaculate Conception in 🇨🇴 Colombia

Colombia celebrates the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8th; in a beloved tradition called Día de las Velitas, families light candles and lanterns outside homes the night before, illuminating entire neighborhoods.

Catholic feast on December 8 celebrating the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived free from original sin, observed as a public holiday in many Catholic-majority countries with church masses and processions.