Day of Black Christ of Esquipulas in Guatemala
Day of Black Christ of Esquipulas in Guatemala is held on January 15. This event in the second decade of the month January is annual. 
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The Black Christ of Esquipulas is a wooden image of Christ now housed in the Cathedral Basilica of Esquipulas in Esquipulas, Guatemala, 222 kilometres (138 mi) from the city of Guatemala. It is one of the Cristos Negros of Central America and Mexico.
This image was sculpted in 1595 in wood and over time it blackened and gained a reputation for being miraculous.
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