Mexican Christmas Tradition Celebrated Amid Poverty and Drug War
From: Monica Ortiz
Length: 00:04:12
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The Mexican border city of Juarez has suffered two of the most violent years in its history. Despite the drug related-mayhem, the impoverished neighborhood of Lomas de Poleo –located in the desert outskirts of the city--still managed to organize their yearly Christmas fiesta. Reporter Monica Ortiz Uribe attended the celebration, which is known as a posada.
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The Mexican border city of Juarez has suffered two of the most violent years in its history. Despite the drug related-mayhem, the impoverished neighborhood of Lomas de Poleo –located in the desert outskirts of the city--still managed to organize their yearly Christmas fiesta. Reporter Monica Ortiz Uribe attended the celebration, which is known as a posada.
Transcript
//Slicing of caña//
Inside a modest, sunlit kitchen, broad shouldered women in holiday print aprons are preparing for the annual posada, a popular Christmas tradition in Mexico.
//Flores:“El symbolo de esta posada es recordar el nacimiento del nino Jesus.”//
Matriarch and principle organizer of the event, Paula Flores explains that a posada is the symbolic reenactment of time just before the birth of Jesus when Mary and Joseph were scouring Bethlehem for space at an inn.
//Singing: “Venimos rendidos desde Nazareth. Yo soy carpintero de nombre Jose....”//
The reenactment begins outdoors where a group of neighbors stand outside the closed gate of the host's home. They sing the part of Mary and Joseph asking for room at the inn. Another group stands inside the gate and responds with a song of rejection. And so it goes back and forth, back and forth until finally...
//Singing: “...
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