Easter Tradition At The Dominican Republic

As an adult missing her childhood memories It’s hard to decide whether to keep those traditions or make new ones. For example, when she was a kid “... A football game hummed from the tv, a mixer whirred in the kitchen...” The author revealed some of the things her family did for thanksgiving when she was younger.

My family tradition is that when a daughter turns fifteen the parents thought a party called a quinceañera. My parents invited friends and family members to celebrate this happy occasion. In a mexican culture they do a quinceañera to show the transformation of a young girl into womenhood. The quinceañera is the last party to show that the girls are no longer little girls in the eyes of society.

The waitress finished getting everyone’s orders and went back to put them in. It was taking a while for our food to come so, us kids started coloring, messing around, and eating more of the chips with dip. My dad and Taylor’s mom took a few pictures of Taylor, Megan, and I. We were making silly faces; we kept laughing. To this day I still have one of the pictures in my room as a memory.

Cooking tortillas at home is a common family tradition in Hispanic homes. Families pass down special recipes

This year though, I made the cookies all by myself. Just because my mom couldn’t make cookies with me didn’t mean I wasn’t going to make cookies at all, it just meant I wasn’t going to do it with her. Just because things change, doesn’t mean everything falls apart. This year I changed a tradition, not let one go. In the future, I hope to change it again to include my kids in the

Americans and Hispanics have different family traditions that dictate how each holiday is celebrated. On Christmas, which begins December 25th, Americans have a tradition to decorate a pine tree and stocking resting over a fireplace. A large meal is prepared and cookies are left by the fireplace with a glass of milk for santa claus. Families get together and open presents. In hispanic culture christmas is celebrated on December 24th (nochebuena) and is highly religiously with the three kings replacing santa clause. A meal and the decorations are still common among the two groups, however the celebration of cooking a meal with the family ensues one day prior to American Culture. Another difference is that children are raised to leave a box of hay for the camels to feed on while the three kings stop at each home. New Year's in American Culture is celebrates with a sip of an alcoholic beverage such as champagne or sparkling non-alcoholic drinks. Hispanics celebrate the night with an alcoholic drink named coquito. Coquito is made on Christmas and New years. Everyone in the family takes a sip of coquito when the ball dropped on New year's

Tamales have the power of merging family. Christmas eve in Mexico means interacting and bonding with the whole family. When the holiday season begins and everybody gathers at Grandmother’s house you can trace the smell of tamales getting cook in the kitchen mixed with the smell of cinnamon. The Christmas tree is bursting with presents and on the side the nativity scene which is always present in a Catholic Mexican family. The table is brimming in flavors, with a variety of dessert and snacks and delicious hot drinks. As appetizing as the table looks the whole family is barely touching the food because the tamales are almost ready and everybody wants to eat as many tamales as possible. When the tamales are ready it means that Christmas Eve celebration is staring. Everyone from the oldest in the house to the youngest gets a plate and eats as many tamales as possible while sharing stories and laughs. The tamales are the main guest of the celebration. The tamales are a traditional Mexican food that can be traced to the Aztecs. The word tamale comes from the Aztec word tamalii which means wrapped food. The Aztec women would cook the tamales for the soldiers because they were easy to carry and eat. Today making tamales is a bonding event for all the women in the family,

An important tradition is Posadas, occurring 9 days preceding Christmas. The celebration is in preparation for baby Jesus and a reenactment of the journey of Mary and Joseph. Each night the celebration takes place at a different house. The festivities include praying with the rosary, singing, re-enacting asking for lodging, and concludes with food and a celebration. The figures for the Posadas were passed down from Maria’s great grandparents Josefa and Miguel. The original festivities have been getting gradually passed down to Maria and her siblings, they take turns hosting a night of Posadas which are assigned on a first come first served basis. These traditions are slowly being passed down to the nieces and nephews as Maria and her siblings grow older. Popular foods served are bunuelos (similar to an elephant ear with homemade syrup), sopas (little corn tortillas with sauce topped with meat), and tamales on Christmas Eve made with chicken and

When asked about the meaning of food, Estella and Betty both associated it with family gatherings, holidays, and celebrations wherein food brings people together. They celebrate Christmas, Quinceneras (when a girl is considered a young woman on her 15TH birthday), and weddings. Most of their meals include beans, rice, and either corn or flour tortillas. Tamales are commonly served during their celebrations because they have been their traditional food for

The people should maintain that tradition of the quinceañera. It is very important to keep this tradition because it is very great there your no longer a kid and your a woman. You can stand up for yourself and dont need you parents to stick up for you. It has been around for so long and loosing it would be horrible to lose it. If we show this tradition to our kids and they show it to there kid and so on, it will last a long time and other people will be able to celebrate it an have fun at the partys. Me an dmy whole family support it. We even planed my sisters quinceañera. That was my first time at a quinceañera. Sience then I have been wanting one. MY mom said that when I turn 15 i will have the best one. That is why I think we should keep

During the year in which the Mirabal sisters grew up their country the Dominican Republic was being led by a wicked dictator of a President, Rafael Trujillo. The sisters fought vigorously to change their country for the better; Minerva being the first of the sisters to stand up against cruel and unjust governmnet, and inspiring the hearts of all those around her including her sisters, who fought along side her to get rid of the corrupt government. She was the backbone of her sisters and the voice of the people.

The song is sung back and forth a few times until finally the innkeeper decides to let them in. The family inside open the door and everyone goes inside. Once everyone is inside the house the festivity begins with a short Bible reading and prayer. Then once the prayer is over dinner is served with traditional “tamales” known as a “steamed corn husk filled with corn dough and meat or sauce of your choice”, and a hot “ponche” or “atole” known as “punch” or “Mexican hot chocolate”. Then the guests break piñatas and the children are given candy.

Being in my family, we have made many traditions that have been part of my culture since I was a kid. Going to Disneyland is one of the traditions we have. The entire family would go come to have a good time with each other. Since we were a big family, it would be too expensive to buy food for everyone so we make sandwiches. Everyone would contribute to bring food, my parents would bring bread, my uncles would bring the meats and veggies and my aunts would bring chips and sodas. Being a hispanic family, we would also bring black beans with bread. Since its too much to carry, we would meet up at the cars in the parking structure and eat in the cars. The sandwiches weren't just ordinary sandwiches, the bread which call “ pan frances” basically french bread.

After a few minutes we are announced that the dinner is served. Everyone takes a seat at the large oak table, waiting anxious for the delicious dishes to be brought. But, what I think that everyone is really waiting for is the delightful desert. No one can picture the Christmas table without the delicious Christmas Chocolate Cake, which is brought by my grandma herself. Everything is so magical that you don't even dare to breathe.

The members of the church had supplied the conference with African food, pizza, and drinks for lunch. Most children preferred to eat pizza while the ladies chose to eat the African cuisine. We first made sure that all the kids were fed before attending to their mothers around noon. At three o'clock we served the kids