By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Talk about a cast of thousands! That’s what you can expect when you attend the annual Passion play performance in Mexico City’s eastern Iztapalapa borough this Easter week. The yearly reenactment of Jesus Christ’s last supper, betrayal and procession of the 12 Stations of the Cross, is a neighborhood affair that incorporates the performances of more than
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Starting on Friday, March 23, the Dolores Olmedo Museum in Mexico City’s southern Colonia Xochimilco will host a nine-day festival of Mexican Easter holiday traditions. The annual Carnaval de Tradicciones festival, now in its 10th edition, will include a papier maché Judas burning, Mexican handicraft stands and a sampling of seasonal Mexican cuisine. The quema de
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Although it is generally perceived as a minor holiday, the observance of Candelaria Day, or Candlemas, on Feb. 2 is in fact a long-standing festival in Mexico that officially marks the end of the Christmas and Epiphany season. In Mexico, Candelaria is closely interconnected with another post-Christmas holiday, the Three King’s Day, when not only do children
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS While in Northern European Christian cultures, it is the the eve or day of Christ’s birth (Dec. 24 and Dec. 25, respectively) that is celebrated with special meals and an exchange of presents, here in Mexico, it is the Epiphany, or the commemoration of the anniversary of arrival of the Magi at Bethlehem, that is most associated
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On Christmas Eve, an additional verse is sometimes added to the litany, announcing that the time has come for Mary to give birth
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