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Posts tagged as “rooster”

The Midnight Mass

All in all, 60 churches on the island will celebrate a mass on December 24 at night, at various times. In Spain and Portugal, this mass is called “Mass of the Rooster”. The tale goes that during Jesus’ birth, a rooster crowed, giving this celebration its name. Another one says…

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