Pidiendo Posada: The musical score
The Complete Text (English & Spanish) Published or Updated on: December 1, 1998 by Dale Hoyt Palfrey © 1998
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Category: Cultural Customs
Mexican tradition: Pidiendo Posada, the words to the song
When reenacting Mary and Joseph’s quest for shelter in Bethlehem, participants in the traditional Posada processions stop to sing a litany at several designated homes. The verses alternate one by one between those seeking lodging outside and those responding from behind the door. The lyrics are as follows: Español English Outside Singers Inside Response Outside […]
Continue ReadingMexico’s popular sayings: A taste for dichos
Walking the Walk, Talking the Talk O.K. I admit it! I love ‘dichos’ (sayings or proverbs). Not, ‘nachos’ or ‘ponchos’, but dichos! Yes, those little nuggets of folk wisdom distilled down through generations of wise Mexicans. O.K. I developed a taste for sayings in English even before I found their equivalent in Spanish. You know […]
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