Vanoce / Christmas

Tak jak vypadaji mexicke Vanoce?
No hlavne - je tu teplo!!! byla jsem i na plazi a koupala se v mori:-) chapete to? na Vanoce!!! Ale jak se rika - jiny kraj, jiny mrav. A v tomto pripade to urcite plati. Jo a chybi mi snih. Nemuzete mi nejaky poslat?
V moji rodine meli stromecek uz asi 3 tydny pred Vanocema a myslim, ze vsude jinde taky. Nazdobili taky domy a velky stromecek byl i na namesti. Vanoce tu jsou opravdu rodinnym svatkem. Uplne vsichni se sejdou. Moje rodina sla v 9 vecer na msi, pak ulozili Jeziska do jesli (jako ze se terpve narodil) a pak jsme jeli na veceri s ostatnimi cleny cele rodiny. Celkem mas bylo asi 20. Veceri se presne o pulnoci a pak se dal slavi. V nekterych rodinach se davaji darky a v jinych ne. Deti spis pisou o darky Trem kralum a to teprve bude :-)
Skoro kazda rodina stavi svuj vlastni Betlem a nektere jsou opravdu obrovskeeeeee

How is the Mexican Christmas like?
Important - it is really hot!!!! I even was on the beach and I was swimming!!! Did you get it? At Christmas time!!! Incredible for me. But as you know - different country, different customs and habits. Well but I miss the snow a lot!!! Could you send some, please?
We had the Christmas tree 3 weeks before the Christmas in my family. And I think that it is like this in all the Mexican families. Also the houses are decorated and there was a big Christmas tree in the main square. Here in Mexico Christmas is the real family festivity, the whole family is united. My family went for the Christmas service to the church at 9 am. After they put the new born Jesus to the creche and we went for the midnight dinner with the whole family. Together we were 20 I think. After the dinner the celebration went on - singing, dancing,... My fanily is not used to sahre the presents. Here in Mexico it depends on each family (some of them give presents the others dont). More common is to receive the presents from the Three Kings (6th January).
Almost each family builds its Betlehem - and sometimes they are really enormous....




Stromecek na hlavnim namesti v Cordobe.
The Christmas tree in Cordoba main square.


Stromecek na jeslicky na namesti.
The Christmas tree and the creche in main square.


Stromecek a jeslicky v moji rodine
The Christmas tree and the creche in my family.


Ja a Montse na vanocni veceri a oslave.
Me and Montse during the Christmas dinner and the celebration.


Ja u babicky pri oslave
Me at grandmother's place during the celebration.

Trosku pozpatku 3 / Couple of days backwards 3

Slavnost ve skole

Protoze obcas pomaham v detskem domove, dostalo se mi takoveho poteseni, ze jsem s detmi sla do skoly na zaverecnou oslavu pred Vanocemi. Opet to bylo plne tradic a vystoupeni motivovane Vanocemi trvalo cele asi hodinu. Vsichni byli v maskach - andele, Tri kralove, pastevci, odchazejici rok,...

Jak uz jsem zminovala, Mexiko si proste zachovava spoustu tradic :-)

V detskem domove probihalo velke strojeni a maskovani

School Christmas celebration

Sometimes I help in the orphanage and that is why I could go with these kids to their school for the last celebration before Christmas. It was full of traditions and shows and everybody was disguised like angels, Three Kings, herdsmen, the Year going to be finished,...

As I mentioned before, There still many traditions alive in Mexico :-)

Andele v Betleme

Angels in Betlehem

Tri kralove na ceste do Betlema

Three kings going to Betlehem

Pastevci se svymi dary pred Betlemem.

The herdsmen with their presents going to Betlehem.

Nahore - piñata - jedna z mexickych tradic - pred vanocemi se delaji vecirky a deti pak piñaty se zavrenyma ocima rozbijeji a z nich padaji bonbony

At the top - you can see piñata - one of Mexican traditions - before Christmas there are meny celebration and the kids with closed eyes try to break down the piñata, there are many cookies inside

Dalsi tradice - RAMA - nazdobena vetvicka - deti s ni chodi a zpivaji a tak ziskavaji pomlazku. Trva to od 12. az do 24. prosince.

Another tradition - RAMA - a decorated branch - kids use it to sing and to ask for some money. There ame many of them in the streets from 12th till 24th December.

Trosku pozpatku 2 / Couple of days backwards 2

12. prosince

Takze jak asi fseci v Cechach vite, 12. prosince mam svatek. no ale tu v Mexiku je uplne jiny vyznamny den a to ze ma Simona v Cechach svatek je jim jedno. 12. prosince je den, kdy oslavuji Zjeveni Panny Marie Guadalupske. Slavi se to nekolik dni dopredu a v ulicich je spoustu pruvodu, lidi zpivaji a tanci a oslavuji "La Guadalupana" - Panna Marie Guadalupska. Tradice tu opravdu maji velky vyznam a lidi se jich zatim jeste porad drzi a je to uzasny. Tos tolik k memu svatecnimu dni v Mexiku :-) a diky vsem, co se mi ozvali!!!

12th December

Normally I celebrate the Day of my name in the Czech Republic. But here in Mexico it was a bit different. the 12th December is the day of Virgin Maria of Guadalupe. It very important and famous day here in Mexico therefore I celebrated this day in a bit different way then I do it at home. The Mexicans celebrate it many days and 12th December is the last one. There are many processions in the street and people sing and dance and celebrate "La Guadalupana" - the Virgin Maria of Guadalupe. The traditions and customs are very strong here and that is why really like Mexcio and its people. The country is very rich in this way - culture, traditions, customs,...

Well this was my 12th december!!!

V centru a ve vsech mestskych ctvrtich probehla spousta pruvodu oslavujicich Pannu Marii Guadalupskou - lidi zpivali, bubnovali, drzeli svicky a proste oslavovali.
There were many processions in the town center and in all the districts. People were singing, drumming, walking with candles and just enjoying the celebration.

Trosku pozpatku 1 / Couple of days backwards1

1. prosince byl a je svetovy den boje proti AIDS. No ja bojuje se i tu v Mexiku a v Cordobe. Ja jsem se toho zucastnila taky jako organizator diky sve kolumbijske kamaradce Sheryl. Pomahaly jsme s distribuci materialu o AIDS a o tom jak se chranit, rozdavaly jsme kondomy a organizovaly koncert - byl vynikajici asi do pulnoci, v zivote jsem nevidela tolik rasta v Mexiku na jednom miste pohromade. Na zaver hralo vynikajici spanelske (mexicke) reggae - no to jsem si fakt uzila.
Tak a tady prikladam par fotecek z akce.

Hello my dear English speaking friends. I'm sorry for not writing such a long time, but you know :-) Now I will share evetything I have lived in the last months.

well, 1st December is a world day of Fighting against AIDS and HIV. In Mexico we were fighting also :-) Thanks to my Colombian friend Sheryl I took part in an event organised in Cordoba. We were distributing the information material about HIV/AIDS, condoms and organising the concert. It was really cool and I had never seen so many Mexican rasta people together. I was listening to a Mexican reggae (Antidoping) and it was amazing!!! I enjoyed it a lot!!!
Here you are some pictures from the event.


Plakaty ke kampani za boj proti AIDS/HIV. Sefka Sheryl uz ma dlouholetou sbirku.
Posters for the campaing Fighting against the AIDS/HIV. Sheryl's director has a bog collection of the posters from last years.


Sheryl a pani Perdomo, ktera ma celou akci na starosti a bojuje proti AIDS.
Sheryl and Mrs. Perdomo (her director), who organised it all and she has been fighting against AIDS since many years.


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Pracujeme.......
Working.......


Koncert - vystopovalo asi 6 kapel vez naroku na odmeny :-) vyborne mexicke reggae
The concert - there were 6 groups playing without any salaru :-) cool Mexican reggae!!!