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For
the Seville Festival of the
Immaculate Conception, the local
people come out to see the
procession of all the groups of
student minstrels called "tunas"
from the city and the surrounding
area, who come to sing to the Virgin
Mary. The show and the fun go on
into the early hours. The next day
there is the traditional "dance of
the sixes", where children dressed
in celestial costumes in white and
gold, sing and dance in the
Cathedral.
The
Immaculate Conception of Mary is,
according to Catholic doctrine, the
conception of the Virgin Mary
without any stain ("macula" in
Latin) of Original Sin. It is one of
the four dogmas in Roman Catholic
Mariology. Under this aspect Mary is
sometimes called the Immaculata (the
Immaculate One), particularly in
artistic contexts.
The
doctrine states that, from the first
moment of her existence, Mary was
preserved by God from the Original
Sin and filled with sanctifying
grace that would normally come with
baptism after birth. Catholics
believe Mary "was free from any
personal or hereditary sin". Mary's
immaculate conception should not be
confused with the Incarnation of her
son Jesus Christ; the conception of
Jesus is celebrated as the
Annunciation to Mary. Catholics do
not believe that Mary, herself, was
the product of a Virgin Birth
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