Posadas

OK so I realize this is in the wrong order since I already did my christmas post, but I forgot to include this earlier. To get ready for christmas, the kids participated in traditional posadas, in which they walk from house to house in the night singing to the people inside asking for permission to enter. It is symbolic of Mary and Joesph´s quest to find an inn for the birth of Jesus. At the last house, there is an altar with an angel. At our orphanage, two of the kids dressed as Mary and Joesph while the other 300 followed behind with candles. Afterwards, there were pinatas and hot chocolate was served. It helped everyone get really excited for the big day!