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AS Tradiciones II
Vocabulary for Hispanic traditions
Term | Definition |
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Día de la Hispanidad, Fiesta de la Raza, Fiesta Nacional de España | 12th October, celebrates Columbus discovering the Americas, and Hispanic identity |
Día de los Muertos | Mexican celebration honouring and remembering the dead, 1st November |
ofrenda | an altar with offerings to the dead |
pan de muerto | bread baked for the dead |
cempazuchitl, cempasúchil | yellow marigolds, symbols of death |
calaveras | sugar skulls |
papel picado | paper cut into festive shapes, such as calacas |
el panteón | cemetery, specific use for this festival only |
vela | candle |
la calaca | whimsical skeletons drawn or sculpted for this day |
la Catrina | icon of death, a wealthy woman with a skeletal face, painted by José Guadalupe Posada |
el camino de pétalos | path of flowers leading the dead to the altar |
alebrijes | papier mache figures resembling animals |
Cinco de Mayo | Mexican celebration of the victory of the French at the Battle of Puebla. Adopted and misunderstood by Americans as Mexico's national day. |
La Quinceañera | Traditional celebration of womanhood, held on a girl's 15th birthday in Latino culture |
Inti Raymi | An Inca sun festival, still held today by the indigenous Quechua people in the city of Cusco. June 24th. |
Las Posadas | religious festival celebrating the journey of Mary and Joseph to the Inns of Bethlehem, celebrated in most of Latin America during December 16th-24th |