The Madrigals (2010)

The Madrigals (also known as La Familia Madrigal) are a magical and famous family featured in the 2023 Disney animated feature film, Encanto 2: A New Generation. They live in a magical house called the Casa Madrigal (or Casita), which is located in the Colombian town of Encanto.

The family serves as an important pillar of their community, using their magical gifts to the benefit of the people, and the family's matriarch, Mirabel, serves as a leader-like figure to the village. This group is the more modern generation of the family, as opposed to the original 1950's generation.

Background
55 years before the start of the film, Alma Madrigal, on her deathbed, entrusted her granddaughter Mirabel to be the new caretaker of the miracle, as well as the family. Mirabel accepted, although she was nervous about being in charge of such a large community. After she took her role, Alma had passed, and her room vanished with her, and in its place, Mirabel was granted a new room for herself. Ever since, Mirabel has been watching over the community, as well as the family. She would later marry a man named Lorenzo, who would help her to control the village when she needed him most.

As Mirabel took charge of the town, more and more people from all over the world discovered the hidden village, due to the mountains surrounding them cracking apart when the magic had been lost, and not closing back up. The Madrigals were quickly viewed as fantastical people, and people from all over the world would visit them, as well as help them to build their community by giving them more modern things, such as televisions, bigger stores, and more. With the Madrigals becoming worldwide celebrities, they decided that anyone who wanted to leave the Encanto to explore the world was allowed to do so. And while some stayed, others like Isabela, Camilo, Antonio and Luisa left to pursue their own goals.

Gift Ceremony
Madrigal children receive their magical gift on their fifth birthday, an age where a child's innate personality and talents start to set, and a large celebration at the Casita is held in their honor. Before reaching the age of five, a blank glowing door will start forming and be ready by the time of the child's birthday.

As a family tradition, gift ceremonies always begin at 7 P.M. and the child will don a white outfit, which is followed by a speech delivered by Alma or Mirabel. After walking to their door, the Madrigal child will vow to use their gift for the benefit of their community and touch the doorknob of their door. An event will occur to demonstrate the gift that is received and the door will display a unique design with the child's name and image. The only exceptions were Mirabel and José's ceremonies. In Mirabel's case, her door simply disappeared after she touched its knob. In José's case, no event that demonstrated his gift occurred, and his door never properly explained what his gift was. If it ends up being successful, though, the current Matriarch will announce "We have a new gift!" while fireworks set off and everyone cheers for the Madrigal child who got the gift.

It also seems customary that a picture is taken with the current matriarch, the candle, and the Madrigal children in front of their magical door after the ceremonies, which is then proudly hung near the matriarch's bedroom in the Casita. The gifts can come in different ways, such as personality traits and likes.

Mirabel Madrigal
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Lorenzo Madrigal †
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Cali Madrigal
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Mateo Madrigal
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Marcos Madrigal
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Rosa Madrigal
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José Madrigal
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Hazel Madrigal
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Paola Madrigal
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Rico Madrigal
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Faye Madrigal
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Trivia

 * Similarly to the original Madrigals, the 2010 generation have distinct color palettes so that the "audiences can track who's who and who which member is from each side of the family", dressing Cali's family with purple and pink colors (bar José), and Mateo's family with blue and green colors.
 * Notably, Mirabel is featured in a new dress that has her in bright yellow. The only other person in the family to share this color scheme with her is José, which, according to Byron Howard, is meant to "subtly show a closer connection between him and Mirabel, as well as display his feeling of disconnection from the rest of his family".
 * Each family member have traits that can connect them to each of the members from the past generation.
 * José's gift-related insecurities and depression is similar to how Mirabel felt about not receiving a gift. Mirabel herself says that she sees a lot of herself in José. However, his seclusion from the family and tendencies to stay out of their way can also be connected to Bruno.
 * Mirabel retains a lot of traits she had when she was 15, but she also gained many traits that belonged to her Abuela Alma, including the negative ones. These include her need to keep the family's reputation perfect, her tendency to assume the worst in a situation, and her constant controlling of her family.
 * Cali's kind nature and calm attitude is very reminiscent of Julieta.
 * Marcos' love of all his family members and willingness to protect them makes him very similar to Agustín.
 * Hazel's graceful and beautiful behavior is somewhat similar to Isabela, but her willingness to care for her family (José in particular) makes her seem more like Julieta.
 * Paola being overly emotional about basically everything is similar to Pepa.
 * Mateo's fun-loving and happy nature makes him very similar to Félix, though his fear of something bad happening to the family is also similar to Agustín's concerns over something happening to the family.
 * Rosa does not seem to share a lot of traits with the family at first glance, but her somewhat shy behavior can link her to Dolores.
 * Rico's secret fear of being useless to the family if he was not given a gift is similar to Luisa.
 * Faye's sweet and innocent behavior can easily connect her to Antonio, and her energetic tendencies can also connect her to Camilo.
 * Unlike the original 1950's generation, the magic they get does not come from a candle anymore, rather it comes on its own, simply living in and around the family and their house.
 * Despite this, it is now tradition for the current matriarch/patriarch to hold a look-alike candle during gift ceremonies in honor of Alma.