"Entren, Santos Peregrinos..."
Comadres Blanca Murillo (left) and Anita Olguin seating the Niño Dios in his chair on January 6, or el Día de Los Reyes Magos, commemorating the arrival of the Three Kings.  For some families this day marks the end of the Christmas season and is celebrated with a rosary and the levantamiento, a ceremony to “pick up” the Baby Jesus, dress him, and seat him in the nacimiento. (Photograph by Thor Swift, courtesy Fresno Arts Council)
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