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In Puerto Rico, Epiphany is an important festive holiday, and is commonly referred as Día de Los Tres Reyes Magos or Three Kings' Day. It is traditional for children to fill a box with fresh grass or hay and put it underneath their bed, for the Wise Men's horses or camels, depending on the household.
Puerto Rico celebrates all official U.S. holidays, [1] and other official holidays established by the Commonwealth government. Additionally, many municipalities celebrate their own Patron Saint Festivals (fiestas patronales in Spanish), as well as festivals honoring cultural icons like bomba y plena, danza, salsa, hamacas (hammocks), and popular crops such as plantains and coffee.
Places like Puerto Rico, Argentina and Uruguay simply call it Día de Reyes. The holiday coincides with the feast day of the Epiphany and both represent the day the Three Wise Men—Los Tres Reyes ...
Three Kings Day and Epiphany are this weekend. Take a look at how these holidays are related and why we celebrate them.
Día de los Reyes, or Three Kings Day, is a Christian holiday on Jan. 6 that celebrates the arrival of the three kings to Jesus' birthplace.
Several times a year, Paseo Boricua is fashioned in gala to celebrate important Puerto Rican holidays, such as the Three Kings Day, the Puerto Rican People's Parade, Haunted Paseo Boricua, and Fiesta Boricua, with an estimated 650,000 attendees. [citation needed] It is the only officially recognized Puerto Rican neighborhood in the nation.
Rincón de Gautier started a Christmas tradition, which would be continued every year by the governors of Puerto Rico. On the Día de los Reyes (Three Kings Day), celebrated on January 6, she would bring gifts and treats to the poor and needy children. In 1952, 1953 and 1954, she had planeloads of snow delivered to San Juan so that the children ...
Día de Los Reyes translates to Three Kings' Day. It is a Christian tradition celebrated each year on January 6 to honor the Three Wise Men or Magi, who traveled to Bethlehem to present the infant ...