Mom...this is for your 4th grade class.
LATIN AMERICA: CHRISTMAS IN PARAGUAY Christmas in PARAGUAY is Christmas of the Coco Flower. You can see this lovely flower blooming everywhere and smell its scent carried far in the warm night. Since it is summer, other flowers also bloom and homes and churches are decorated in bright colors to match the flowers.
Once your pesebre (Nativity scene) is set up - often with figurines from all over the house - you will be ready to plan the Noche Buena ("Good Night" - Christmas Eve).
On Christmas Eve, church bells beckon you at midnight for La Misa Del Gallo or the Mass of the Rooster.
After Midnight Mass, you'll come home to a wonderful dinner - surrounded by family and friends. Everyone wishes each other "Feliz Navidad - Jesus nacio!" - Merry Christmas - Jesus is born!
On January 6th, the Feast of the Epiphany, don't forget to put your shoes out (with a letter tucked inside) for the Three Kings. If you’ve been good, they'll bring you gifts!
Posted By: cheriedas@aol.com Date Posted: 03-09-2005
http://www.handsaroundtheworld.com/
4 comments:
What Christmas carols do you sing? Do you sing Riu, riu, chiu? This is my favorite carol- I've loved it for the past 30+ years- and I never thought to ask if you sang it in Paraguay before!
Actually, I have never heard of that song. We sing some of the traditional carols and some other very "latin styles" are heard on the radios and in the stores.
Karen, I've really been enjoying learning about Christmas in Paraguay! THANK you for sharing all this interesting stuff!
Thanks for this info, Karen. Sorry to say, though, that our cable connection was a mess and we couldn't get online till today to even read this, but I am HAPPY to say that because of the icy weather, we didn't even have school on Friday. That was the Christmas party day at school. (I can remember it happening another time when you guys were in school). We'll just have to have it when we get back after Jan 1. By then, everything will have lost it's excitement and classes will go on as usual.
Post a Comment