Hispanic/Latin American Holidays

The image depicts which holiday festival?

• La Tomatina
• Day of the Dead
• Easter

This image represents the holiday of...

• Three Kings Day
• Day of the Dead
• Cinco de Mayo

This country's flag indicates what country's Independence Day?

• Mexican Independence Day
• July the 4th
• Cinco de Mayo

This island's parade is very popular in New York.

• Semana Santa
• Thanksgiving Day Parade
• Puerto Rican Day Parade

This festival's purpose is to commemorate this country's citizens defeating the French Army.

• Mexico's Cinco De Mayo
• Spain's Semana Santa
• Spain's National Day

This festival can get dangerous if accidentally gored by a bull's sharp horns.

• Fiesta de San Fermin
• Epiphany
• Carnaval

The focus of the fiesta is the creation and destruction of ninots (“puppets” or “dolls”), which are huge cardboard, wood, paper-machè and plaster statues.  A popular theme is poking fun at corrupt politicians and Spanish celebrities.  Each year, one of the ninots is spared from destruction by popular vote. 

• Las Fallas
• Mardi Gras
• Three Kings Day

These wise men, otherwise known as the Magi, found the divine child by following a star across the desert for twelve days to Bethlehem. Melchior, Caspar, and Balthazar — representing Europe, Arabia, and Africa respectively — traveled by horse, camel, and elephant in order to present baby Jesus with three symbolic gifts.

• Hispanic Day
• Three Kings Day
• Carnival

This extended holiday is elaborately celebrated each year in Spain. This is the week preceding Easter Sunday or Pascua.

• Semana Santa
• Cinco de Mayo
• Christmas

This holiday is celebrated the day before Christmas in the Hispanic Culture.

• Nochebuena
• New Year's Eve
• Easter