On this day, Christians wait for The Three Kings, who brought gifts to the baby Jesus, to bring presents for children. People get together and have fun before Lent, the forty days when Christians are not supposed to eat meat or rich foods. Children spend the whole year creating costumes, floats, and dances for the great Samba School Parade. Sealing the Frost April 8, Guatemala This is a traditional ceremony of the Cuchumatan Indians to protect their corn from frost.
Villagers follow holy men up a cliff to where the frost lives.
One prayer maker is lowered over the edge of the cliff with a rope tied around his waist. He covers a crack in the rock with cement so that the frost won't be able to get out. This holiday marks the day after Jesus died and before he rose from the dead with a special Easter Vigil Service. People make ugly dolls of Judas, who betrayed Jesus. They stuff them with fire crackers, hang them, and ignite them.