Carnaval is Central American`s version of Fat Tuesday and is celebrated the week leading up to Lent. This past Friday we celebrated the holiday at school by making masks and playing with cascarones. Cascarones are hollowed out chicken eggs
filled with tiny pieces of paper confetti. They are sealed on one end with tissue paper and are cracked on the heads of your closest friends and family. Originally from México, cascarones are now used in many celebrations across Central America - birthdays, halloween, día del muerto, weddings,
and carnaval. It was an amazing day and we were all wearing confetti in our hair and clothes all
day.
Carnaval is Central American`s version of Fat Tuesday and is celebrated the week leading up to Lent. This past Friday we celebrated the holiday at school by making masks and playing with cascarones. Cascarones are hollowed out chicken eggs
filled with tiny pieces of paper confetti. They are sealed on one end with tissue paper and are cracked on the heads of your closest friends and family. Originally from México, cascarones are now used in many celebrations across Central America - birthdays, halloween, día del muerto, weddings, 
and carnaval. It was an amazing day and we were all wearing confetti in our hair and clothes all
day.
My family and I used to make cascarones when i was a kid. Sometimes we would put a bit of glitter in them. Talk about hard to get out! My grandma used to cut up the papel in very small pieces. That is equally itchy! Looks like you had fun! Enjoying your blog, Ariel! Thanks!
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It looks like you all had a beautiful and wholesome Carnival down there in Guatemala with the kids. By contrast I dressed as sewer clown and chased a flying monkey to the French Quarter behind a 2nd line marching band. Cascarones is a good idea ... but I think RAW chicken eggs would be more suited for this crowd. Love from New Orleans!
ReplyDeleteRaw chicken eggs, Dad, and ones filled with glitter, Josie, are traditional and very common on the streets. We saw many yellow splats on the dirt roads walking from our shuttle to the school. However, they were banned from ¨school property¨. Wonder why??
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