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LA Virgen De Guadalupe 2004 Calendar (French Edition)

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This wonderful calendar is 12" square (when closed), with good quality glossy pages, and fabulous reproductions of folk art representations of La Virgen de Guadalupe that have been photographed in Mexico and Texas.
It is a bi-lingual calendar, though there are certain things that are only written in Spanish, like the descriptions of the art work.

The first page has the last four months of 2003, and an explanatory note saying that the phases of the moon listed are from an ephemeris based on Universal Time.
It lists many holidays, relevant to many localities. as an example, this is Enero/January:
1, New Year's Day/ Kwanza ends
2, Day after New Year's Day (New Zealand)/ Bank Holiday (Scotland)
6, Epiphany/ Dia de los Reyes (Mexico)
7, Full Moon
12, Eugenio Maria de Hostos' Birthday (Puerto Rico)
15, 3rd Quarter
19, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday (U.S., observed)
21 New Moon
22, Chinese New Year (Year of the Monkey)
26, Australia Day

The beautiful reproductions are 12 x 15, and therefore extend 3 " into the calendar page.
With the exception of a statue set in a blue and white tiled nicho, the colors are predominantly rich reds and yellows; my favorite is the painted tin image on a bright crimson wall for November. For those who venerate La Virgen de Guadalupe, or appreciate the folk art of Mexico, this is a truly lovely calendar