A very festive tradition in Spain, Puerto Rico and many Latin American countries is Three Kings Day, or the Feast of the Epiphany, commemorating the arrival of the Three Kings (Balthasar, Melchior, and Gaspar) in Bethlehem to worship the newborn Christ child.
Children eagerly await their arrival, leaving boxes of hay and bowls of water for the Kings’ horses the night before. Although the tradition began in medieval Europe, where the kings are shown riding camels, Puerto Rican images such as this one generally show them on horses.
Children awaken on January 6 to find the gifts that the Three Kings have brought them.
Other traditions include family gatherings, parades and eating the Rosca de Reyes, a round cake with dried fruit, powdered sugar and a hidden figurine inside.
Read more about Three Kings Day from a National Museum of American History curator, recalling her memories of the holiday as a child in Argentina http://blog.americanhistory.si.edu/osaycanyousee/2013/01/waiting-for-los-tres-reyes-magos-the-three-kings.html
Image: Los Reyes Magos, attributed to Hipolito Marte Martinez, Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick gallery.
Children eagerly await their arrival, leaving boxes of hay and bowls of water for the Kings’ horses the night before. Although the tradition began in medieval Europe, where the kings are shown riding camels, Puerto Rican images such as this one generally show them on horses.
Children awaken on January 6 to find the gifts that the Three Kings have brought them.
Other traditions include family gatherings, parades and eating the Rosca de Reyes, a round cake with dried fruit, powdered sugar and a hidden figurine inside.
Read more about Three Kings Day from a National Museum of American History curator, recalling her memories of the holiday as a child in Argentina http://blog.americanhistory.si.edu/osaycanyousee/2013/01/waiting-for-los-tres-reyes-magos-the-three-kings.html
Image: Los Reyes Magos, attributed to Hipolito Marte Martinez, Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick gallery.
![Happy Three Kings Day!
A very festive tradition in Spain, Puerto Rico and many Latin American countries is Three Kings Day, or the Feast of the Epiphany, commemorating the arrival of the Three Kings (Balthasar, Melchior, and Gaspar) in Bethlehem to worship the newborn Christ child.
Children eagerly await their arrival, leaving boxes of hay and bowls of water for the Kings’ horses the night before. Although the tradition began in medieval Europe, where the kings are shown riding camels, Puerto Rican images such as this one generally show them on horses.
Children awaken on January 6 to find the gifts that the Three Kings have brought them.
Other traditions include family gatherings, parades and eating the Rosca de Reyes, a round cake with dried fruit, powdered sugar and a hidden figurine inside.
Read more about Three Kings Day from an @[18351457517:274:National Museum of American History] curator, recalling her memories of the holiday as a child in Argentina http://blog.americanhistory.si.edu/osaycanyousee/2013/01/waiting-for-los-tres-reyes-magos-the-three-kings.html
Image: Los Reyes Magos, attributed to Hipolito Marte Martinez, @[29428791399:274:Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery]](https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/s403x403/1544971_10152226783974574_1555754656_n.jpg)
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