Woman lighting a candle at the fiesta de la Virgen de la Soledad Oaxaca Mexico

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The festival of the Virgin of Solitude (La Virgen de la Soledad) the patron saint of Oaxaca is celebrated on December 18. Legend has it that in 1620 a mule train camped outside the city found an extra mule that refused to move and on prodding rolled on its side and died. A pack that it was carrying contained a statue of the Virgin of Soledad, so the people of Oaxaca built a shrine, then a church and finally the basilica that stands today, on the spot where the statue was found.

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Location: Oaxaca Mexico
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