My paper this evening will hopefully explain the differences between each of the four Hispanic American groups I have chosen. First you have the Mexican American ethnicity which I know from personal experience are religious and very family oriented. Approximately 75 percent of the Mexican American population are of the Catholic faith, and in the southwestern United Sates over two-thirds of the Catholics are Mexican or Mexican Americans (Julian Samora, A History of the Mexican-American People, p.232). They have a few religious festivals and rituals such as the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe which is celebrated on December 12th. The festival celebrates the apparitions of the Virgin Mary to a changed Christian Indian.
Jesus fulfills the symbolism underlying the Feast of Tabernacles” The feast of the tabernacles is known as the fall festival, celebrating the abundance harvest of God’s bountiful blessing (Leviticus 23-24) Walker 2004. Christ fulfilled the symbolism of the great religious feast of the Jews. Passover was one of the three feasts a Jewish man was required to travel to Jerusalem to celebrate (Deuteronomy 16:16). This would explain the reason five thousand men and little to no children that were present. Passover may have been to provide the background stage and connect the Jesus’s Sermon on the Bread of Life.
The Crusade and the Holy Land 201440 Fall CHHI 301-B11 LUO The Crusade and the Holy Land There were eight major crusades and several campaigns that took place in the history that motivated Europe to seek the holy land. Noble men contributed to the crusade in the holy land for men have the freedom to visit the site today. Both Christians and Muslims had always lived together in Palestine before the land was overrun by violence. Some of the sites have been replaced with building such as The Holy Sepulcher is a church in Jerusalem built on the spot where the Lord was crucified and buried. Pilgrims were religious people who travel to make sacred, to holy places in Jerusalem.
Peru's principal religion is Roman Catholicism, as with many other Latin American nations. It is the official state religion and has been exerting influence on affairs of the state and daily administration for the past 400 years. Most church activities and clergy are centered in and around Lima, which is the state capital. Most of the official functions of the state are incorporated into the rites of the church. The investiture of the president begins with high mass in the cathedral, followed by Holy Week events and then the celebration of major Peruvian saints' days and festivals, like Santa Rosa de Lima.
The Aztec Dance The Pow-wow culture gets together for singing, dancing, and competitions this unites members of numerous tribes, these reunions were also held for social activities and religious ceremonies. (P.56) In the Mexican culture we have different events that differentiate us from other cultures, such as the Aztec dance. The Aztec dance is a very old Mexican tradition mainly utilized in catholic ceremonies as a different way of expressing prayers. For most catholics in Mexico December twelve is a very important day but for Aztec dancers it is a very special day because they get to perform inside the Catholic Church. December twelve is the day Aztec dancer’s worship our Lady of Guadalupe, on this day Aztec dancers from all over the country perform since early in the morning on their local church in front of multitudes.
He took this fire with him back home, where in January 1907, a revival occurred that became the “Azusa of the South.” Through the ministry of Azusa Street, several existing holiness bodies became Pentecostal, including the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee), the Fire-Baptized Holiness Church and the Pentecostal Free-Will Baptist Church. From there, this new movement multiplied exponentially. From these humble beginnings the Pentecostal movement would spread around the world. In the days when prejudice and tensions between blacks and whites were so high, God decided to use this tattered building and a humble black preacher to help spread the power of the Holy Spirit across the world. Though the building is no longer standing, you can still find its spiritual footprint in virtually every corner of the
It was to be a joyous celebration, to be observed throughout the generations. The feast would lasted for 8 days and on that last day; part of the ritual involved a priest taking water from the pool of Siloam and then take it into the altar and pour it onto the altar. Many believe this was when Jesus spoke “If any man is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink, He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water’” (John7:37-38). The Feast of Tabernacles was basically a fall festival, celebrating the abundance of God’s blessings in connection with the ingathering of the fall harvest. It is also a memorial of the Exodus, when the Israelites wandered in the wilderness, living in tabernacles, or tents, en route to the Promised Land.
Posadas are one of the most traditional events in Mexico, celebrated from the days 16th to the 24th of December by young and older people. Posadas are reunions in where people gather together to represent Mary and Joseph’s cold and difficult journey to Nazareth. This bunch of people divides themselves into two groups, and celebrates the religious part at the beginning. They carry Marys and josephs image, while holding little candles and singing melodious song begging for shelter. The first group stays outside the neighbor’s house until the second group that is inside recognizes its Mary and Joseph.
INTRODUCTION: The builder and developer of the Elkins Lake community in Huntsville, Texas, was a committed Baptist businessman. Out of his concern for the working staff of that growing community, he asked the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Huntsville to lead an Easter service on Easter Sunday of 1970. Though the original attendees were primarily the employees of the community, the community’s residents gradually began attending the informal services, as well. They even drove up and sat in their golf carts when the services were held outside in the spring and summer. HISTORY: One year after that initial service, those regular attendees of fifty-two folks chartered Elkins Lake Baptist Church on April 4, 1971.
Belkov Do not fail In my family we have a ritual to go from childhood to adult at the confirmation. When a child get confirmed there is a big celebration party after the church. During this party there will be three tasks that the child has to complete to become an adul: Light a cigar, drink a glass of cognac, and last tie their own tie. This ritual has been going on for many years, and I went through it too thirteen years ago. The day started with all my family and I went to the church where I would get confirmed, a two hour long ceremony.