2nd Februar

[Birgit Wilhelm]

Victor wrote in >>Re:January 6 is coming!

>Tradition calls for a party on February 2nd (levantamiento del ni~o) in
>which atole and tamales must be served.

What is the "levantamiento del ni~o"? Please explain a little more, anyone
who knows! I would like to know, because Feb.2nd is a special day for our
family and we try to get the family together and party for some other
reason. And are there any other specialties about that day except for atole
and tamales as a ´must´?

Thanks in advance, Birgit

[Victor M. Martinez]

Birgit Wilhelm <b.wi...@berlin.snafu.de> wrote:
>What is the "levantamiento del ni~o"? Please explain a little more, anyone

It's when you put away the nativity (nacimiento), it's roughly 40 days
after x-mas, so it must be some kind of jewish ceremony or something
this is based on. I'm sure there are some "rituals" that go with it, but
we don't do it in my family (the nativity and the tree go away after
the "dia de reyes" on jan 6th) so I don't know for sure.

>reason. And are there any other specialties about that day except for atole
>and tamales as a ´must´?

Not that I'm aware of. However, I've never participated in any of these
gatherings, so I don't know for sure. Perphaps Wayne can shed some light
into this.

--
Victor M. Martinez, Jr. | The University of Texas at Austin
mar...@che.utexas.edu | Department of Chemical Engineering
http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv | Austin, TX 78712
If we knew what we were doing it would not be called research, would it?

[Yasha]

In English, it is Candlemas and is supposedly a celebration in commemoration
of the presentation of Christ in the temple and the purification of the
Virgin Mary.

Victor M. Martinez wrote in message <77ggj3$gsv$1...@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>...

[Wayne Lundberg]

Victor M. Martinez wrote in message <77ggj3$gsv$1...@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>...
>Birgit Wilhelm <b.wi...@berlin.snafu.de> wrote:
>>What is the "levantamiento del ni~o"? Please explain a little more,
anyone
>
>It's when you put away the nativity (nacimiento), it's roughly 40 days

.
Not a clue.My memories are filled with Pozadas, Christmas, New Year and the
6th. Even the day of the party - the party to be given by the person or
persons who got the doll from inside the rosca -- is a blur. When at the
ranch in Veracruz we were too busy to have so many holidays. When in the DF
we were too busy catching up on schoolwork and building new model airplanes.

[H. Paul Jacobson]

On 14 Jan 1999, Wayne Lundberg wrote:

>
> Victor M. Martinez wrote in message <77ggj3$gsv$1...@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>...
> >Birgit Wilhelm <b.wi...@berlin.snafu.de> wrote:
> >>What is the "levantamiento del ni~o"? Please explain a little more,
> anyone
> >
> >It's when you put away the nativity (nacimiento), it's roughly 40 days

The entry of the Christ Child into the temple. When St Simeon and St Anna
see Him. By Jewish custom this was 40 days after the child's birth.

Paul