BLOG NUMERO DOS! CULTURA
So nice to see Facebook posts by friends celebrating the Hispanic tradition (it is of Hispanic origin not Chicano or Latino) of honoring “Dia De Los Reyes”. It is a day for a lot of families to buy or make the “Rosca de Reyes” a supersized donut looking type cake made with special ingredients, with a hole in the middle, and a baby Jesus hidden somewhere in the “pastelito”. This tradition is celebrated in Hispanic America and globally with variance from country to country and region to region. It is also the celebrated New Year for the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo (HAPPY NEW YEAR TIGUA NATION!).
The “Kings Cake” is eaten today, and the hidden baby Jesus, represents the hiding of Jesus from Kind Herod’s political act to kill all babies that the “Three Kings” prophesied as the Messiah. So traditionally, if you are the one given the piece of cake with the baby Jesus, you are tasked with taking the figurine to church on February 2nd for prayers and blessings. Anyway you celebrate “Dia de Los Reyes” we as Latino’s from all backgrounds must continue these traditions that preserve our history, heritage and cultural traditions.
I know some of my Xicano brothers and sisters don’t embrace traditions brought forth from the conquest. But as Latino Americans, and as the new Latino generations group up in our communities, we should try and be mindful and help to preserve these traditions passed on for centuries. The Americanization of our youth by taking away celebrations like “Dia De Los Reyes” or “Dia De Los Muertos” takes away from our cultural ties to who we are as a people. So let us be mindful of the bigger picture and respectful of those who celebrate this Christian Hispanic tradition. Preservation of our Latino/Xicano/Hispanic/Mexican American traditions, as we “mesclar” as Mexican Americans and Latinos, is vitally important to us as a rising majority, because we ARE indigenous to the AMERICAS. Feliz Dia de Los Reyes!
So nice to see Facebook posts by friends celebrating the Hispanic tradition (it is of Hispanic origin not Chicano or Latino) of honoring “Dia De Los Reyes”. It is a day for a lot of families to buy or make the “Rosca de Reyes” a supersized donut looking type cake made with special ingredients, with a hole in the middle, and a baby Jesus hidden somewhere in the “pastelito”. This tradition is celebrated in Hispanic America and globally with variance from country to country and region to region. It is also the celebrated New Year for the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo (HAPPY NEW YEAR TIGUA NATION!).
The “Kings Cake” is eaten today, and the hidden baby Jesus, represents the hiding of Jesus from Kind Herod’s political act to kill all babies that the “Three Kings” prophesied as the Messiah. So traditionally, if you are the one given the piece of cake with the baby Jesus, you are tasked with taking the figurine to church on February 2nd for prayers and blessings. Anyway you celebrate “Dia de Los Reyes” we as Latino’s from all backgrounds must continue these traditions that preserve our history, heritage and cultural traditions.
I know some of my Xicano brothers and sisters don’t embrace traditions brought forth from the conquest. But as Latino Americans, and as the new Latino generations group up in our communities, we should try and be mindful and help to preserve these traditions passed on for centuries. The Americanization of our youth by taking away celebrations like “Dia De Los Reyes” or “Dia De Los Muertos” takes away from our cultural ties to who we are as a people. So let us be mindful of the bigger picture and respectful of those who celebrate this Christian Hispanic tradition. Preservation of our Latino/Xicano/Hispanic/Mexican American traditions, as we “mesclar” as Mexican Americans and Latinos, is vitally important to us as a rising majority, because we ARE indigenous to the AMERICAS. Feliz Dia de Los Reyes!
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