The day of the cross

Each May 3, in Chalatenango and El Salvador is celebrated the traditional Day of the Cross.

This religious tradition is the placement of a cross made ​​jiote tree, which stands in the courtyard of houses and decorated with seasonal fruits such as mangoes, bananas and cashews.

The day of the cross

 

It is customary to pray before the cross and after that can eat the fruit which has been decorated. Our grandparents said that in homes where they had placed a cross come to dance the night devil. Hence, most Catholic homes and have a special place to place every May 3, the traditional altar.

The Day of the Cross in El Salvador is the result of religious fusion between the Spanish celebration of the Holy Cross which commemorates the discovery by St. Helena of the Cross of Christ, in the time of Emperor Constantine and the Indian tribute to Mother Earth and the god Xipe Totec. (God of skinning). Both traditions were mixed when there was the arrival of the Spanish to our lands.

This day in the morning he put a cross in the Central Park of the city of Chalatenango, to commemorate and continue keeping the tradition alive.


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