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Christmas is one of the most globally celebrated holidays in the world. But not everybody celebrates the same way—or even on the same day. While Christmas is, at its core, a Christian holiday ...
Adriana Urbina walks through what her Christmas Eves look like in Venezuela. The post An ode to hallacas and my favorite Venezuelan Christmas traditions appeared first on In The Know.
In Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, revellers travel to early-morning church services on roller skates throughout the festive period. Roads are even closed off especially on mornings between 16 ...
Observance of Christmas in various locations around the world. The observance of Christmas around the world varies by country. The day of Christmas (25 December), and in some cases the day before and the day after, are recognized by many national governments and cultures worldwide, including in areas where Christianity is a minority religion which are usually found in Africa and Asia.
Novena of aguinaldos, also known as the novena to Baby Jesus, is a novena (nine-day religious ceremony) held during the time leading up to Christmas from December 16 to December 24. [1] The novena of aguinaldos is commonly celebrated by Catholics in Colombia , Peru , as well as parts of Ecuador and Venezuela .
In Venezuela, aguinaldo is a genre of Christmas music and generally have six verses. Played by "parranderos" or "aguinalderos" that announce their arrival in song and seek to gain entry to the community houses to relate the story of the birth of Christ, and to share in the joy of the message of Peace on Earth and to all People of Good Will.
Most people simply buy a cut of fish from the market, but the old tradition was for the lady of the house to keep a live carp in the bathtub for a few days before preparing it for the Christmas ...
Homemade Pan de jamón. Pan de jamón (ham bread) is a typical Venezuelan Christmas bread, filled with ham, raisins and green olives. [1] Many variations have been created, some filling the bread with other ingredients like turkey or cream cheese and others using puff pastry as the dough.