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What is the name of the annual festival in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz, held on January 31 and February 1, that celebrates the Virgen de la Candelaria with processions of boats on the Papaloapan River, fandango dancing and son jarocho music?

Tlacotalpan's Candelaria is famous for its 'paseo de la Virgen' — a river procession of hundreds of decorated boats carrying the statue of the Virgin.

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