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Wedding Traditions in Mexico

religious customs
Dating/Customs Traditions
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     Mexico is located in central America. Mexico city is the capital of Mexico the most important cities in the world. The city was founded by spanish.

     In Mexico the predominant religion is Roman Catholic. Many people marry first in civil ceremony and then in a church following Catholic traditions. Human sacrificed a practice the Spaniards found particularly obhorrent predisposed the Aztecs to readily accept the concept of consuming the body and blood of Christ in the celebration of the holy Eucharist. Likewise, it was not a stretch for the indians to substitute adoration of the virgin Mary for worship of Tonantzin their mother figure.
     One of the most significant religious event of the colonial period was the apparition of the virgin Mary (1531). Elizondo became a leader in bringing Mexican religious customs and traditions into the Catholic service. One of the annual Christmas Posada, the pilgrimage of Mary and Joseph, with the couple trekking through the neighborhood and being turned away at city hall the  courthouse before finding shelter in the Cathedral.