Talk:Las Posadas

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Mexican Tradition?
Monterrey, Mexico, and here and in all of northern Mexico there is no such thing as Posada or Tres Reyes Magos. It Upsests me that the article takls about all of Mexico as if traditions and culture were the same everywhere here, like for example Dia de los Muertos, there is no such thing like that anywhere in northern Mexico, that is mainly celebrated in southern Mexico, just like posadas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.151.103.226 (talk) 02:34, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Es que sois agringaos. ;) —Güiqui Güicardo

Yes there are. Under "Monterrey Events" in a Monterrey hotel website I found this entry: "16-24 Dec. Las Posadas. Each night the faithful re-enact Joseph and Mary's search for posada (shelter) on their journey to Belen." see, www.monterrey-hotels-mexico.com/events.htm

168.98.67.11 (talk) 21:36, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Tourist shit don’t count. —Wiki Wikardo 22:49, 19 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Not advocating the vocabulary used, it's true that the event in the hotel is mainly for turist. But "Las Posadas" its a tradition celebrated in all of Mexico. I think the difference is how prevalent they are on each region, and certainly the percentage of people who gather to celebrated them in northern Mexico is less than the percentage of people who celebrate them in southern Mexico. I mean, everything contributes to this differences, or try to stay out in December in the cold at night in Chihuahua singing, and you'll realize that is not something that you want to do every year. :) Hugo cantu (talk) 15:00, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Not only Mexico
This article is really, Las Posadas in Mexico. The tradition extends into Central America. The Spanish version of this article documents Las Posadas as mesoamerica fiestas (rather than a Mexican fiesta documented here):


 * Las Posadas son fiestas populares que se celebran en México, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica y Panamá durante los nueve días antes de la Navidad, es decir, del 16 al 24 de diciembre.

Regarding the Etymology section, which previously was as follows:


 * Spanish for "lodging", or "accommodation"; it is said in plural because it is celebrated more than one day in that period. The nine-day novena represents the nine months of pregnancy,[3][4] specifically the pregnancy of Mary carrying Baby Jesus.

The first sentence was literally true but the literal translation was not really correct. My Honduran wife observed that while the literal translation is inn or lodging, the actual meaning in this case is The Nativity. I rewrote the section to indicate this meaning and tried to make it more readable, more or less as follows:


 * Las Posadas is Spanish for lodging, or accommodation, which in this case refers to the inn in the story of the the nativity of Jesus. It uses the plural form as the celebration lasts for a nine-day interval (called the novena) during the Christmas season. The novena represents the nine-month pregnancy[3][4] of Mary, the mother of Jesus revered by Christian traditions.

Catrachos (talk) 12:20, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

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