My Family Celebrates The Cultural Tradition Of Dia De Reyes

Every year on January 6, my family celebrates the cultural tradition of Dia de Reyes, which recognizes the coming of the three Wise Men. Children in Hispanic regions in the United States received presents from their parents just like how the three Wise Men presented gifts to baby Jesus. Another way to celebrate this holiday is to eat; the Rosca de Reyes is a accustomed Mexican bread in the shape of a ring, symbolizing the Wise Men’s quest for the Ruler of the Jews. It is said that Balthazar, Melchior, and Gaspar, the Three Wise Men journey through Jerusalem following a star. When the Wise Men met with King Herod, they questioned him where the newborn King had been born. Terrified by these words, King Herod, questioned the Wise men to look for the infant and to come at once when they find him, so that he too can also praise the new ruler. Since Herod was scared the newborn might endanger his sovereign power, he commanded the murdering of every child under the age of three years old. Soon, when the Wise Men located the newborn named Jesus it became a holiday known as Epiphany, which the bread, Rosca de Reyes, symbolizes. The dried and sweet fruit that decorate the bread represents the crowns of the Three Wise Men, while the accustomed figures are positioned in the inner part of the bread that symbolizes Joseph and Mary running away to Egypt to get away from Herod’s efforts to murder their child. In fact, the tradition Rosca de Reyes began in France during the fourteenthShow MoreRelatedThe Culture Of The Mexican Culture2401 Words   |  10 PagesIn our society today, culture is not what it used to be hundreds of years ago. There is no more â€Å"pure† culture. Our culture today is enriched with many different traditions and customs that are being shared and adopted. Due to emigration and immigration, a variety of diverse customs, beliefs, and knowledge moved with every exiting and entering human being. Thus, changing and shaping the culture o f many. Throughout the world, the beliefs and religious views of culture are dissimilar around the worldRead More1.) â€Å"Multiculturalism† Is The Co-Existence Of Diverse Cultures,2012 Words   |  9 Pages1.) â€Å"Multiculturalism† is the co-existence of diverse cultures, where culture includes racial, religious, religious, or cultural groups and its manifested in customary behaviors, cultural assumptions and values, patterns of thinking, and communication styles. Assimilation occurs when members of one cultural group adopt the language, practices, beliefs. Assimilation requires minorities to adopt the traits of the dominant culture (49). Through this process we simply add new information to our existingRead MoreCulturally Relevant Services. In This Paper, I Will Be3361 Words   |  14 PagesServices In this paper, I will be exploring and explaining about the culture that I am studying in order to present it to my classmates for Miss Dennette Derezotes Social Work 345 class. I will try to give my classmates a better understanding about the way this culture lives, in what is to them a new land. Undocumented immigrants is the culture that I chose to write about in my paper. When I use the term undocumented immigrants, I am referring to all those that are living in the United States