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Las Posadas

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    definitions and questions using article from on Encyclopaedia Britiannica website
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  • What does Las Posadas mean?
    The Inns
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  • Where is Las Posadas celebrated?
    Mexico
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  • When is Las Posadas celebrated?
    from December 16-24
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  • What does festival mean?
    an annual celebration or anniversary
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  • What does commemorate mean?
     celebrate (an event, a person, or a situation) by doing or building something
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  • What does Las Posadas commemorate (celebrate)?
    the journey that Joseph and Mary made from Nazareth to Bethlehem
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  • Where did Joseph and Mary travel from and to?
    from Nazareth to Bethlehem
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  • What does lodging mean?
    a place in which someone lives or stays temporarily
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  • What is a stable?
    a building set apart and adapted for keeping animals (sheep, goats, horses, etc)
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  • What is a procession?
    the action of moving forward as part of a ceremony (eg: wedding, parade)
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  • Who leads the procession?
    a small child dressed as an angel
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  • How are the children in the procession dressed and what do they carry?
    dressed in silver and gold robes carrying lit candles and images of Mary and Joseph riding a donkey
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  • Where are the adults in the procession?
    they follow the procession
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  • Why does the procession stop at selected homes?
    to ask for lodging
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  • What are refreshments?
    a light snack or drink, especially one provided in a public place or at a public event
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  • What is a carol?
    a religious folk song or popular hymn, particularly one associated with Christmas
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