Mariachi performers and indigenous dancers appeared for a concert held at Our Lady of Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles on December 11th.

The event was celebrating Las Mañanitas a la Virgen de Guadalupe, which was the 492nd anniversary of a miraculous event that took place in 1531.

The annual celebration on December 11 with indigenous dancers on the Cathedral Plaza and the veneration of the relic of the tilma of St. Juan Diego, on which the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared 492 years ago. The Cathedral is home to the only relic of the tilma outside of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. At 10 p.m., the celebration continues inside the Cathedral with a special Rosary, followed by a Mariachi performance. The musical tribute, or serenata, begins at 11 p.m., with guest singers invited to serenade the Virgin and sing “Las Mañanitas,” a traditional Mexican birthday song to honor the Virgin on her Feast Day. The program will be in Spanish and the festivities will culminate with midnight Mass celebrated by Archbishop José H. Gomez.