The Latino Holiday Book From Cinco De Mayo To Dia De Los Muertos The Celebrations And Traditions Of Hispanic Americans

Discusses Latino celebrations, addressing religious and social history, typical customs, special foods and activities. Recipes and instructions provided for making the foods and crafts that represent the traditions.

From Cinco de Mayo to D'a de los Muertos, this newly revised and expanded book explores all the major Latino holidays and traditions.

The essential resource for everyone wanting to celebrate and honor the special traditions and celebrations of Hispanic-Americans. Takes us through the full year, covering: new year1s traditions, Dia de los Reyes, Calle Ocho, Easter, Cinco de Mayo, the feast day of San Juan Bautista, the Cuban and Mexican celebrations of independence, National Puerto Rican Day, the feast of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre and Our Lady of the Divine Inspiration, Dia de la Raza, Dia de los Muertos, the feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe, and Christmas. Weddings, birthdays, and quinceaneras are also explored. For each celebration, she discusses their religious or social history, customs, foods and activities, and gives recipes for making the foods and crafts that represent a day1s traditions.

Provides twenty-five craft projects that revolve around Latino culture to create such items as masks, pi~natas, and dolls.

Folklore has been described as the unwritten literature of a culture: its songs, stories, sayings, games, rituals, beliefs, and ways of life. Encyclopedia of American Folklore helps readers explore topics, terms, themes, figures, and issues related to this popular subject. This comprehensive reference guide addresses the needs of multiple audiences, including high school, college, and public libraries, archive and museum collections, storytellers, and independent researchers. Its content and organization correspond to the ways educators integrate folklore within literacy and wider learning objectives for language arts and cultural studies at the secondary level. This well-rounded resource connects United States folk forms with their cultural origin, historical context, and social function. Appendixes include a bibliography, a category index, and a discussion of starting points for researching American folklore. References and bibliographic material throughout the text highlight recently published and commonly available materials for further study. Coverage includes: Folk heroes and legendary figures, including Paul Bunyan and Yankee Doodle Fables, fairy tales, and myths often featured in American folklore, including "Little Red Riding Hood" and "The Princess and the Pea" American authors who have added to or modified folklore traditions, including Washington Irving Historical events that gave rise to folklore, including the civil rights movement and the Revolutionary War Terms in folklore studies, such as fieldwork and the folklife movement Holidays and observances, such as Christmas and Kwanzaa Topics related to folklore in everyday life, such as sports folklore and courtship/dating folklore Folklore related to cultural groups, such as Appalachian folklore and African-American folklore and more.

Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through this reader's theater script. Engage students through reader's theater to make learning fun while building knowledge about Cinco de Mayo.

Describes the role of the battle that took place in Puebla, Mexico, on May 5, 1862 in Mexican history, and explains how its anniversary is celebrated in Mexico and the United States and the customs and symbols associated with the holiday.