*Main start of Christmas season or “Aguinaldo” mass held in Caracas.
*Marches and celebrations are in response to Maria Corina Machado’s plan to suppress Venezuelan people’s Christmas, unveiled last month.
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*Marches and celebrations are in response to Maria Corina Machado’s plan to suppress Venezuelan people’s Christmas, unveiled last month.
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00:00And on Sunday, the Venezuelan people mobilized in the framework of the great cultural takeover
00:04of Caracas as part of the activities to kick off the Christmas holidays.
00:08With parades and cultural expressions from different states, citizens departed from different
00:12locations of Caracas, the capital city, to join in the celebrations that kick off Christmas
00:18in the country.
00:19The mayor of Caracas, Carmen Melendez, led the rally that started in Plaza Catia, where
00:24she praised the great presence of cultural movements as well as the people's power.
00:28She also described the Venezuelan Capitol as a cultural mosaic.
00:32Citizens highlighted the celebration of these activities as a sign that the country is better
00:36and will continue to improve.
00:43And also in Venezuela, on Sunday morning, people celebrated the Aguinaldo Mass, a religious
00:47tradition that kicks off the Christmas season in the country.
00:51In Caracas, the nation's capital, the mass was led by priest Numa Molina, who began the
00:55celebration by sending a message of faith and devotion in the expectation of the birth
00:58of Jesus.
00:59Father Molina also prayed for the Palestinian children who have been killed by the Israeli
01:04forces and compared this genocide with the massacre against children under two years
01:08old born in Bethlehem ordered by King Herod over 2,000 years ago.
01:13At the mass, parishioners prayed for the cessation of war and global conflicts so that peace
01:19and freedom may reign in every nation.
01:26Also in Venezuela, as part of the customary activities to kick off the Christmas season,
01:30people gather at Bolívar Square, the heart of the city of Caracas, the country's capital,
01:35take part in the traditional arrival of Pacheco, a Christmas character that every year around
01:40this time comes down from the Galipan Mountains to sell his flowers for Christmas.
01:45The event was attended by Admiral in Chief Carmen Melendez and scores of people who
01:50joined groups of backpackers and parrandas to get Christmas celebrations going.