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What happens if you find a baby Jesus in your slice of bread?
(Bonus: it’s served with Mexican hot chocolate!) The bejeweled-looking bread is meant to symbolize the gifts given to baby Jesus, and inside the bread is a little plastic baby, symbolizing the newborn messiah. If you get the baby in your slice, you have to cook tamales for everyone on Feb. 2, or Candelaria Day.
How many dolls are in Rosca de Reyes?
2 little plastic
It is a family and friends gathering to celebrate the Epiphany and the Rosca de Reyes or King’s Cake is an occasion to have some fun and enjoy the get together. It is important that you explain to your guests, that there are 2 little plastic dolls.
When should I buy Rosca de Reyes?
Every year on Jan. 6, thousands rush to get a rosca de reyes, or King Cakes, to celebrate Three Kings Day. Here’s a little history behind the tradition.
What’s the meaning of La Rosca de Reyes?
During Día de Los Reyes, Mexicans serve Rosca de Reyes, or King’s Cake. “Rosca” means wreath and “reyes” means kings. The Rosca de Reyes has an oval shape to symbolize a crown and has a small doll inside, which represents baby Jesus. The doll figure symbolizes the hiding of the infant Jesus from King Herod’s troops.
What does it mean when you get the baby from the Rosca?
Tradition calls for a small plastic infant figure to be placed inside the rosca de reyes to represent baby Jesus, hidden from King Herod’s troops. Whoever ends up with the baby Jesus figurine in their slice of cake, in many cases, is obligated to make food for the others. Usually, tamales.
Why is there a baby in a Rosca de Reyes?
What happens if you get the doll from the Rosca?
It is considered to be good luck if the figurine is in the slice you receive. The person who finds the figurine of Jesus is designated to throw a fiesta and provide tamales on Día de la Candelaria which falls on February 2nd.
What does it mean if you get a doll from the Rosca?
baby Jesus
The tradition of sharing Rosca de Reyes bread with your loved ones is not without some risk; when you cut a slice of the bread, a plastic baby doll — symbolizing baby Jesus — might appear, and the person who gets the plastic doll will need to throw a party on Feb.
Why is Rosca de Reyes important?
Rosca de Reyes is a traditional bread enjoyed by Christians to commemorate El Día de Los Tres Reyes Magos or Three Kings’ Day. It honors the day the Three Kings visited the newborn Jesus, and officially ends the holiday season in Mexico and in Latin America.
What happens if you find Jesus in the Rosca de Reyes?
What happens if you get baby Jesus?
In Mexican tradition, finding the baby Jesus in your slice of Rosca de Reyes means that you (and the other people who get a baby in their slice) will host a party on February 2nd (Dia de la Candelaria). Each “winner” is to contribute a piece of the party: tamales, champurrado, sweets, etc.
How many roscas de Reyes are sold in Mexico each year?
4 million Rosca de Reyes
Over 4 million Rosca de Reyes are sold in Mexico each year!
How many Roscas de Reyes are sold in Mexico each year?
Why do they throw beads in New Orleans?
But the practice of throwing beads at Mardi Gras was inspired by Renaissance festivals that took place before Lent, where revelers would toss things into the air in celebration of the coming fast.