Posada Tradicional promised by Son Chimbica and Tropa Nopalera on Friday, December 21, 9:00 PM, at El Lugar del Nopal, Privada 5 de Mayo #1320 Tijuana.
For more information please call: 011-52-664-685-1264
Editor's note: In Mexico the Posadas tradition consists of a group of hosts (may be one family in one home or a number of families in the neighborhood) that prepare a typical dinner to host the rest of the neighbors (usually a block or section of the neighborhood). Each one of the nine days a different family (or group of families) offer to be the hosts, so that the whole neighborhood or section participates.
Every home will have a Nativity scene. The hosts of the home are the innkeepers, and the neighbourhood children and adults are the peregrinos, who have to request lodging through singing a simple chant. All carry small lit velas in their hands and four teenagers of about the same height are chosen to carry the peregrinos, which are two small statues of St. Joseph leading a donkey, on which Virgin Mary is riding side-saddle. The head of the procession will have a candle inside of a paper lamp shade that looks like an accordion but open at the top and it is called a ?farolito? or little lantern.
The peregrinos will ask for lodging in three different houses but only the third one will allow them in. That will be the house that is supposed to have the posada for that evening. Once the innkeepers let them in, the group of guests comes into the home and kneels around the Nativity scene to pray the rosary. The rosary is a traditional Catholic prayer, which consists of the following prayers: 50 Hail Marys, 5 Our Fathers, 5 Glories and the Litany, which is a series of praises for the Virgin Mary, plus singing traditional songs like Holy Night. [2]
Las Posadas (Spanish for the inn) is a traditional Mexican festival which re-enacts Joseph's search for room at the inn. Each Christmas season, a processional carrying a doll representing the Christ Child and images of Joseph and Mary riding a burro walks through the community streets. The processional stops at a previously selected home and asks for lodging for the night. The people are invited in to read scriptures and sing Christmas carols called villancicos. Refreshments are provided by the hosts.
The doll is left at the chosen home and picked up on the next night when the processional begins again. This continues for eight nights in commemoration of the journey of Mary and Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem. (Source: Wikipedia)
For more information please call: 011-52-664-685-1264
Editor's note: In Mexico the Posadas tradition consists of a group of hosts (may be one family in one home or a number of families in the neighborhood) that prepare a typical dinner to host the rest of the neighbors (usually a block or section of the neighborhood). Each one of the nine days a different family (or group of families) offer to be the hosts, so that the whole neighborhood or section participates.
Every home will have a Nativity scene. The hosts of the home are the innkeepers, and the neighbourhood children and adults are the peregrinos, who have to request lodging through singing a simple chant. All carry small lit velas in their hands and four teenagers of about the same height are chosen to carry the peregrinos, which are two small statues of St. Joseph leading a donkey, on which Virgin Mary is riding side-saddle. The head of the procession will have a candle inside of a paper lamp shade that looks like an accordion but open at the top and it is called a ?farolito? or little lantern.
The peregrinos will ask for lodging in three different houses but only the third one will allow them in. That will be the house that is supposed to have the posada for that evening. Once the innkeepers let them in, the group of guests comes into the home and kneels around the Nativity scene to pray the rosary. The rosary is a traditional Catholic prayer, which consists of the following prayers: 50 Hail Marys, 5 Our Fathers, 5 Glories and the Litany, which is a series of praises for the Virgin Mary, plus singing traditional songs like Holy Night. [2]
Las Posadas (Spanish for the inn) is a traditional Mexican festival which re-enacts Joseph's search for room at the inn. Each Christmas season, a processional carrying a doll representing the Christ Child and images of Joseph and Mary riding a burro walks through the community streets. The processional stops at a previously selected home and asks for lodging for the night. The people are invited in to read scriptures and sing Christmas carols called villancicos. Refreshments are provided by the hosts.
The doll is left at the chosen home and picked up on the next night when the processional begins again. This continues for eight nights in commemoration of the journey of Mary and Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem. (Source: Wikipedia)
