Christmas photos at last! My first Christmas in El Carrizal, and I was granted the honor of representing my canton as a madrina de Niño Dios--direct translation: Jesus's godmother. This entailed a procession from our canton to town--Fatima and I walking ahead and taking turns carrying the heavy clay replica of Niño Dios followed by a lively mariache band and some families and friends from town. Once in town we met up with the other madrinas, ate pan dulce and drank coffee and before being led in full procession with the madrinas from Santa Maria Ostuma through town, again followed by the mariache band and led by adolescents setting off homemade fireworks, (tightly rapped newspaper rolls with gunpowder inside...) The procession was gorgeous! The whole town came out to watch. Following the procession we entered the church for a four hour long cumpleanos/vigilia for dios--4 hours of the same lively song and unplanned speeches and a midnight mass, which ended with the adoration de dios. The madrinas stood at the front of the church holding the clay niño dioses while the congregation stood in line to pray and kiss the forehead of the Niño.
Hoping everyone had a wonderful New Years!
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