DOG STAR once joined in the festivities of a celebration in Puerto Rico called "Las Mascaras" on December 28. This annual celebration features costumed crews in zany jeep/floats and lots of sirens and spray string.
From Wikipedia: A Christmas season tradition in the town on Hatillo on the north coast. Similar to Mardi Gras "crewes" in Louisiana, teams of friends totally cover cars, trucks, and floats with elaborate frilly decorations, and wearing head-to-toe costumes, they cruise the country roads, playing practical jokes along the way.
There is a not-to-be missed half-day long parade, full of loud noise and brilliant colors. The tricksters commemorate Herod's soldiers and the slaughter of the innocents in Bethlehem.
Here for a video of "Las Mascaras"
From Wikipedia: A Christmas season tradition in the town on Hatillo on the north coast. Similar to Mardi Gras "crewes" in Louisiana, teams of friends totally cover cars, trucks, and floats with elaborate frilly decorations, and wearing head-to-toe costumes, they cruise the country roads, playing practical jokes along the way.
There is a not-to-be missed half-day long parade, full of loud noise and brilliant colors. The tricksters commemorate Herod's soldiers and the slaughter of the innocents in Bethlehem.
Here for a video of "Las Mascaras"
We were reminded of this celebration when we looked up the THREE KINGS DAY or EPIPHANY celebration that happens each year a little closer to home.
Three Kings Day, also known as Epiphany, is the last official day of the Christmas Season—or the 12th day of Christmas, as the song goes—commemorating the three Magi coming to visit baby Jesus.
The largest celebration in New York City is a parade in East Harlem.
Kings, live camels, floats and lively music will The Three Kings Day parade will start at 106th St and Third Avenue and travel up to 116th St and then head west, down Lexington to 112th Street, then over to Park, ending at La Marqueta Plaza at 115th St.
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