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Las Mañanitas
"Las Mañanitas" is a Mexican birthday song, described as traditional and credited to the Mexican composer Alfonso Esparza Oteo. In Mexico it is usually sung early in the morning to wake the person whose birthday it is, and it belongs especially to the custom of serenading women.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Las Mañanitas. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/las-mananitas
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- “Las Mañanitas.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/las-mananitas. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Las Mañanitas.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/las-mananitas.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Las Mañanitas’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/las-mananitas (Accessed: ).
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