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La Navidad
Spanish 1 culture
Question | Answer |
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What is the predominant religion in Mexico? | Catholicism |
The nights of the Posadas are..... | el 15 hasta el 24 de diciembre |
How many people travel to see the Virgen de Guadalupe? | Five million |
Who is the Virgen de Guadalupe? | The mother of all mexicans |
What is the last holiday of La Navidad, on el 2 de febrero? | La Candelaria |
What is La noche de Rabanos and when does it take place? | Festival of radishes, held in Oaxaca on el 23 de diciembre |
What is la flor de nochebuena? | A poinsettia |
What do the posadas symbolize? | The journey Maria and Jose took to Bethlehem. |
True or False, there is a pinata after every posada. | True |
What do the seven points of the pinata used on the last night represent? | The seven deadly sins |
What is do people drink after every posada? | el ponche |
What is the special fish people prepare on el ano nuevo? | bacalao |
What is the fruit, in spanish, that people eat 12 of in the last 12 seconds before the new year? | las uvas |
What is la rosca de reyes? | sweet bread eaten on el dia de los reyes mago |
What is the American equivalent of el dia de los inocentes? | April fools day |
When is el dia de los inocentes? | 28 of December |
What happens on las cartas a los reyes magos? | Children release balloons carrying letters to the three wise men |
When is el dia de los reyes mago? | el 6 de enero |
What is el miso de gallo? | Midnight mass |
How do you say Christmas in Spanish? | Feliz Navidad |
How do you say Christmas Eve in Spanish? | La Nochebuena |
What does el ano nuevo start with? | Mass, people go to church |
What does posadas mean? | A place to stay |