La Virgen Church Candle { 4 x 6 } Tote and Butternut Squash with Coconut

and Butternut Squash with Coconut Oil and Cayenne

handmade by artisans in Oaxaca

Handmade and handpainted in Guanajuato

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La Virgen Church Candle { 4 x 6 } Tote and Butternut Squash with CoconutThese Mexican church candles are a centuries old tradition. Made by pouring hot layers of paraffin over cotton wicks and stamped with gold foil. These candles have been used and are still used to grace church altars and to illuminate homes for fiestas in Mexico. Details: Cotton wicks Gold foil flower stamp Each candle is made from paraffin wax The warm color is achieved by melting amber (crystallized tree sap). Made in Mexico gold foil stamp at the