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To bless to the domestic animals is a tradition that began during the beginning of the colonial stage stimulated by the Franciscan friars. This tradition that is celebrated every January 17, that Antonio Abad corresponds(fits) in the day of san
Dogs, cats, horses, donkeys and up to ferrets they received the benediction of the parson of San Vicente, temple from which the traditional procession went out with direction(address) to San Antolín's church, in whose(which) portico celebrates the benediction and the later(posterior) auction of coils.
The tradition of this act tries to remember(remind) the balance that must exist between(among) the man and the nature, in this case with the animals. According to his(her,your) biographers, San Antonio Abuse, in the middle of the austere life that went, it(he,she) could discover the wisdom and the divine love across observing the nature.