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Las flores de papel y el d ía de la Cruz. Dr. Kristin Routt Dr. Carlos Amaya. El D ía de la Cruz. Day of the Cross May 3 On the Catholic calendar Granada (a city in Spain) and El Salvador (in Central America). Origins.
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Las flores de papel y el día de la Cruz Dr. Kristin Routt Dr. Carlos Amaya
El Día de la Cruz • Day of the Cross • May 3 • On the Catholic calendar • Granada (a city in Spain) and El Salvador (in Central America)
Origins • Constantine defeats barbarians at the Danube with a cross in front of his army • Sent his mother St. Helen to find cross in Jerusalem • Corresponds to pagan festival of trees in spring
El Día de la Cruz en Granada • Popular festival • Party on the streets • Visit crosses on patios • Bar-hopping • Flamenco dancing
Decorating a Cross • Crosses outside of houses • School activities
Día de la Cruz in El Salvador • Catholic Day of the Cross • Celebration of fruit harvest
Corresponds to indigenous cult of Xipe Totec • Para este pueblo de raíces agrícolas, la llegada de la temporada lluviosa era momento para pedir y agradecer a las antiguas deidades por el agua que caería del cielo y haría germinar sus cosechas.
El Salvador • Each home sets up a cross • Decorate cross with fruit and paper • Pray three rosaries • Eat tamales, sweet bread and coffee in evening
El Salvador Prayer “Vete de aquí Satanás que parte de mi no tendrás Porque el Día de la Cruz Dije mil veces Jesús, Jesús, Jesús . . .”