Thursday, May 1, 2014

Fiestas!


Hola!  It’s time for a celebration, or as people say in Mexico, a fiesta.  Mexican people have celebrations for people’s birthdays and they play all types of games.  On a child’s birthday they are woken up by a mariachi band playing outside their window.  After dinner, the Mexican kids can hit a piñata.  Whoever breaks it gets the first bag of Mexican treats.  Yummy!

On The Day of the Dead, Mexican people go to a graveyard to celebrate the people in their families who have died.  They light candles for them and put flowers by their graves.  After they have a picnic.  The kids like it because they get candy!

Did you know Christmas in Mexico lasts for a whole week?  On December 16, they begin their Christmas with a posada, which is a play.  The posada is performed every night until December 25.  Following the play, children break open piñatas filled with toys and treats.

From Room 20

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