Cascarones
During Semana Santa (Holy Week) in some places around America, there is food, parades, celebrations, alfombras and parties. According to Catholic traditions, meat should not be eaten the Friday in Semana Santa. For the parades, the costaleros (person carrying the image on their shoulders) carry pasos (images) to the catedral (main church). Other celebrations are fallas which are burnings of ninots (sculptures made of paper mache). Alfombras (carpets) are made in Guatemala with colorful sawdust. Alfombra makers paint the sawdust and make it into shapes and symbols in the streets, like crosses and stars. Cascarones symbolize good luck. People in Mexico make cascarones. Cascarones are made for Semana Santa. Mexicans break the eggs on friends’ heads. Cascarones are usually smashed outside not in the house. Cascarones are dyed and decorated filled eggs. In order to make cascarones: first, cut a hole at the top of the eggs; second, empty out the egg and wash it; third, make a design on the egg and let dry; fourth, fill the egg with rice, glitter or confetti; fifth, cover the hole with tissue paper. A few traditional symbols represent Easter and Jesus’ resurrection, like flowers …show more content…
Cascarones are related to Easter because cascarones are eggs. During Easter, Americans make boiled eggs, dye them, and eat them. They also have egg hunts for kids where they look for plastic eggs filled with candies and toys. Eggs hunts are done at either parks or at homes. In my house, we celebrate with eggs hunts, cascarones, and piñatas. My sisters and I decorate eggs and break them on our family’s heads at our family reunion. My mom and aunt buy plastic eggs and hide them for everyone to find; some of the eggs have money inside. They also buy piñatas and my cousins and I break the piñatas. For food we just have a cookout outside and there’s usually cake too. During Easter, we have a lot of fun with the
During Semana Santa (Holy Week) in some places around America, there is food, parades, celebrations, alfombras and parties. According to Catholic traditions, meat should not be eaten the Friday in Semana Santa. For the parades, the costaleros (person carrying the image on their shoulders) carry pasos (images) to the catedral (main church). Other celebrations are fallas which are burnings of ninots (sculptures made of paper mache). Alfombras (carpets) are made in Guatemala with colorful sawdust. Alfombra makers paint the sawdust and make it into shapes and symbols in the streets, like crosses and stars. Cascarones symbolize good luck. People in Mexico make cascarones. Cascarones are made for Semana Santa. Mexicans break the eggs on friends’ heads. Cascarones are usually smashed outside not in the house. Cascarones are dyed and decorated filled eggs. In order to make cascarones: first, cut a hole at the top of the eggs; second, empty out the egg and wash it; third, make a design on the egg and let dry; fourth, fill the egg with rice, glitter or confetti; fifth, cover the hole with tissue paper. A few traditional symbols represent Easter and Jesus’ resurrection, like flowers …show more content…
Cascarones are related to Easter because cascarones are eggs. During Easter, Americans make boiled eggs, dye them, and eat them. They also have egg hunts for kids where they look for plastic eggs filled with candies and toys. Eggs hunts are done at either parks or at homes. In my house, we celebrate with eggs hunts, cascarones, and piñatas. My sisters and I decorate eggs and break them on our family’s heads at our family reunion. My mom and aunt buy plastic eggs and hide them for everyone to find; some of the eggs have money inside. They also buy piñatas and my cousins and I break the piñatas. For food we just have a cookout outside and there’s usually cake too. During Easter, we have a lot of fun with the