Las Posadas

Shrine for Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Artisan's Market, at night.

Tonight is the second night of Las Posadas...At about six this morning we awoke to canon fire from the pirate invasion fireworks. It took walking through the market for tamales to remember "oh! Las Posadas! Oh! X-Mas is a big deal here, right"... Las Posadas is a celebration over a week long (a Mexican week, eight days)... During which children (accompanied by adults) act out Mary and Joseph's search for lodging during the census. Two kids play the leads of Joseph and Mary, the children in the procession with them are pilgrims. The kids go to the doors of families, sing songs about the shelter-less Holy Family, and the kids are invited inside for a party and snacks, sometimes a pinata.

A collection of songs and stories for Las Posadas, purchased in Mercado El Nigromante