Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-17
A CHRISTMAS IN CUBA.
Strange Ceremonies which Attend tho Meeting OF tho year
In Cuban Ho-nes Pesadas and the observation-disclosures
Fiestas n Valley Of Trinidad.

homes. as IN old Spain
and all her former COLONIES
especially Among defendants Of the
rich granueea. upon the great cl,h'v..
who're Isolated communities eagerly
welcome an advertisement 10 miiiHat.
their loneliness. a curious mixture %
superstition. FUN ana religion are tue
posndna. which seem 10 an outsider as
intended for the nmuaomcnt Of children
rather than u rite " rcliHinul HiFnih-
cancc Yet young aud old. ariaiocraia
and servants, saints ana sinners. take
Solemn part In u. The ceremony n In
tended to typify the time when Caesar
Augustus issued drcrru that AL the
world shall be- trXcii" and Mary nnd
Jofnph. having come out Of bnlllcc %
Iudra 10 be inscribed for the taxation,
found bethlehem 80 fill % people VINO
had arrived on the some GRAND, thni
for nine days they wandered about
without calming ndmittuuce 60 any
house or Inn. aud on the ninth day took
refuge in % mnufcr. whore Christ was
born The word purnda means Inn, aud
the rite represents the WuudcfiuEg %
the holy family. ~ ann Antonio. on
ChriHtmAn eve dinner was concluded
two hours earlier than usual IN prl'f
o. rive ample time 90 the ceremony Tor
which the family had spent weeks IN
careful and expensive preparation, and
UY , o'clock the servants hud cleared
tie great dining hall. where the PER-
f1emanca begun and ended. Al the
household. Including ruceiH rorvnnu
farmland ani mum RUS b SO ifH VITA
IN the rnter. Utrr assembled. formed w
prurDfHinu. two By two. and lighted
candle put into the hand ~ olch Al
the wallis and corridors had previously
been decorated with Tampa and over
iHrrna. and led BY the family priest
nul two ~ three padres from town, we
marched an over the house. singing ~
tauies nt the top Of our vulcrH, with IN
diyiduai variations In Lntin Spanish
indian and Yankee. ~ last nfi0r nm
hour of marching ana singing. the proc
ocEHlon halted before u closed door
when what hungi went o. lot ~ fro-
works. suddenly sent nying over our
heads hy Invisible hands. supposed 10
represent tho descent OF the angels, ~
the same moment bcvy ~ little Girls
zane dancing 10. They wore nhrcvint-
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white satin shoes. and white ostrich
plumes fastened To their shoulders IN
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