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- A traditional term for secondary education. Today in Spain, under the LOE - Ley Orgánica de Educación (2006) it specifically means the last two years of secondary education (16-18 years) following ESO - Enseñanza Secundaria Obligatoria, for students who wish to go to university.
In parts of Latin America Bachillerato is the examination taken at the end of secondary education. In Peru it means the first university degree. LOE - Ley Orgánica de Educación (2006), ESO - Educación Secundaria Obligatoria
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- A spectacular yearly festival in La Tirana, Chile. The high point is on July 16, the day of La Virgen del Carmen, Chile's patron saint. Many thousands of people come to the village to watch three days of non-stop dancing by costumed dancers before a richly adorned statue of the Virgin. Some of the dances are fantastic, others are religious allegories, such as the diabladas, performed by dancers wearing devil masks.
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- A popular celebration in Mexico and Central America between December 16 and Christmas Day to commemorate the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem. It consists of a procession of models of religious figures that people carry on their shoulders, asking for shelter as they go by. The figures have their origin in an Aztec celebration, adapted to Christian tradition.
Generally one family takes charge of organizing the models, and offers its house as the last of nine posadas. Other groups form, one of which goes from house to house with the figures, asking for shelter. It is turned away at each house. At the last house, the figures are taken in and put on an altar. The celebrations continue with food and drink, singing and dancing and end with a piñata.