About Lavagem do Bonfim
The Lavagem do Bonfim (English: Washing of the Bonfim) is an inter-religious celebration that is celebrated in the Brazilian city of Salvador, in the state of Bahia, during the month of January, on the Thursday before the second Sunday after Three Kings' Day. In the same period, there is also a solemn novenary and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, interrupted only on the day of the washing, when there is a procession between the Basilica of the Conception and the Church of Our Lord of Bonfim, along with the exposition of a small image of Our Lord of Bonfim on the facade of the temple by the.
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