Holidays in Mexicoby: Kelly Flores, Grecia Guzman, Brenda Valdes

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Guess who

Who is on this slide? You have to guess who this is…Clue 1: He was born on March 21, 1806.Clue 2: He died on July 18, 1872.Clue 3: He was a president 4 times in MexicoClue 4: His parents died when he was just 3 years old.

Important people

December 12 is the day of the

Virgin of Guadalupe . On this day people go to la basilica. The virgin

of Guadalupe is the mother of Jesus.

Posadas

December 16 they start las Posadas which celebrates Joseph and Mary looking for shelter. Posadas continues through January 6th.

On this day they have a party. They break piñatas, eat, sing, dance, and they do plays of Mary and Joseph looking for shelter.

Holiday• December 24th is Noche Buena (good night).

On this day people go with their relatives to stay awake for Jesus’ day of birth.

Holiday

January 6th is the day of the Santos Reyes. On this day people eat Rosca de Reyes.

Language

In Mexico they speak Spanish the language came from the Spanish when they came to México to rich the Aztecs there religion an language.

Her are some Spanish words:Feliz navidad(merry Charismas)Feliz ano Nuevo( happy new year)

Decorations

In Mexico they decorate their houses. On charismas they put up a tree with the nativity seen on the bottom of the tree and a star on the top. The star on the tree symbolizes the 3 kings that used the star to find Jesus.

Traditions

For traditions in Mexico people put a tree up and next to the tree they put a nativity scene to represent when jeses and Mary

were looking for shelter

Song

• Video

Food

Flan Leche (milk) Polbo de flan(flan powder)

Bunuelos

Answer to Guess Who

• This person is Benito Juarez. He was the most famous president of Mexico.