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Maypole is celebrated on May 3rd. According to traditions, it is a pre-Christian celebration known as the
feast of the Mays or Maypole. It is a celebration held half of the spring in honor
of nature. In particular, it celebrated decorating a totem with
ornaments with ritual dances.
With the arrival of Christianity, this feast was adapted to the new faith, replacing the totem with the Christian cross. The cross of May and the Palo de Mayo festivities remain parallel in some Central American countries. In Colombia, my grandma taught me to prepare a Cross with the dry palms from Palm Sunday and make this prayer, "Holy Cross of May, my lawyer you should be, renounce to Satan, who with me, will not count because the day of the Holy Cross I said 1000 times: Jesus, Jesus, Jesus...'"
With the arrival of Christianity, this feast was adapted to the new faith, replacing the totem with the Christian cross. The cross of May and the Palo de Mayo festivities remain parallel in some Central American countries. In Colombia, my grandma taught me to prepare a Cross with the dry palms from Palm Sunday and make this prayer, "Holy Cross of May, my lawyer you should be, renounce to Satan, who with me, will not count because the day of the Holy Cross I said 1000 times: Jesus, Jesus, Jesus...'"
MayPole
By
Maritza Martinez Mejia
Maypole
is awake
Cheerful
mid-spring must be here
Cross
proclaim his name
(Haiku,
@2016)
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La fiesta de la Cruz de Mayo es una celebración
precristiana conocida como Festividad de los Mayos o Palo de Mayo. Se celebra la mitad
de la primavera rindiendo honor a la
naturaleza.
Se festejaba adornando un tronco al que se le ponían adornos o flores, mientras se cantaba y hacían danzas rituales. Con la llegada del cristianismo, esta fiesta remplaza el tótem por la cruz cristiana.
Se festejaba adornando un tronco al que se le ponían adornos o flores, mientras se cantaba y hacían danzas rituales. Con la llegada del cristianismo, esta fiesta remplaza el tótem por la cruz cristiana.
En algunos países centroamericanos se mantienen en forma paralela las
festividades de la Cruz de Mayo y del Palo de Mayo.
En Colombia, mi abuelita me ensenó a preparar una cruz con las palmas secas
del Domingo de Ramos y hacer esta oración para el día de la Santa Cruz, “Santísima
cruz de mayo, mi abogada habéis de ser, renuncio a Satanás que conmigo no
contará porque el día de la Santa Cruz dije 1000 veces Jesús…’
¡Feliz
Día de la Santa Cruz! - Happy May Cross!
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