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Saturday, April 3, 2010
"Pancho," a chihuahua mix, waits to be sprinkled with holy water at the Blessing of the Animals at Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles on April 3, 2010. The "Blessing of the Animals" by a Roman Catholic priest on the Saturday before Easter is a Los Angeles tradition which dates back to 1930.
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