A couple years ago I was visiting Cancun over New Year's. It was pretty neat to experience the traditions of another country during the holiday. I was lucky enough to spend it with a family who practices their traditions proudly and consistently.
They spent a better part of the evening going around the room telling each other how much they mean to one another. A lot of tears and a lot of laughs were exchanged.
At that time I needed a translator. He did a pretty good job so I felt like I understood everything. I wish I knew then what I know now. I'd have been able to understand everything and speak a little easier to everyone. O well!
We ate a lot of Rosca De Reyes (three kings bread) that night and a ton of other traditional food.
One of my favorite traditions from the evening was eating 12 grapes when the clock struck midnight. There are different theories about what each grape means. But the one they followed was one grape for every month of the year. You could tell how the month was going to be by how the grape tasted. For example sour grape = sour month and sweet grape = a good one. It is also just a good luck thing to eat all 12 of them. I had no problem devouring them. Purple grapes are delish!
Happy New Year!
Very interesting! I love traditions! Old and new. And old ones that r new to me:)
ReplyDeletei did this for new years too las uvas de la suerte :)
ReplyDeleteBuen post de tu viaje a cancun por año nuevo, lo disfrute, mucho suerte.
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