Joseph's Studio "La Posada" - Stone resin, measures 10"H 8.25"W 6.25"D
"La Posada"
Las Posadas
A magnificent brightness lit up the sky when an angel appeared to Mary,
a young pure women, who was engaged to be married to Joseph. The angel
announced that she was going to have a baby.
Las Posadas (Spanish for "The Inns") is a nine-day celebration
beginning December 16 and ending December 24 which is called Noche
Buena ("Holy Night"). It is a yearly tradition for many Christian Latin
Americans and symbolizes the trials which they believe Mary and Joseph
endured before finding a place to stay and where Jesus could be born.
MeaningLas Posadas represents the difficulties that
Joseph and Mary, the mother of Jesus, faced in finding a room when
traveling to Bethlehem. In it, groups of children and adults go from
house to house singing a traditional song requesting lodging (posada).
In each house, the owner responds with refusal (also in song), until
they reach the designated site for the party, where the owner
recognizes Mary and Joseph and allows them to come in. Latin American
countries have continued to celebrate this holiday to this day, with
very few changes to the tradition.