We are going to do a web activity to know more about this Mexican tradition.
Posadas 1Search for the following information:
1. What do
Las Posadas commemorate?
2. When do they begin?
3. How do
Posadas traditionally end?
4. How long do the
Posadas last? Why?
More Christmas traditions5. When are
Nacimientos set up?
6. What are
pastorelas?
7. What did they originate?
8. What appearances can try to convince shepherds of the way they should take?
9. What are
villancicos?
10. What does
La Nochebuena mean?
11. What happens on that night?
12. What does
Día de Reyes mean?
13. When do children get their gifts?
14. Who bring the gifts?
Posadas 215. What does
posada mean in English?
16. Who leads the procession?
17. What do the participants carry as they go?
18. What is the traditional shape for the
piñata during Christmas?