Originally clicked and uploaded by - Pratosh Dwivedi - 23rd Dec'08Come Christmas and almost every house here in Mexico would have two things for sure - A Christmas tree and a Nacimiento. Everyone knows what a Christmas tree is, but most of you won't know what is a Nacimiento. Or you would be knowing but by a different name.
A Nacimiento is basically a small decoration through which the birth place of Jesus is presented. It typically consists of baby Jesus, some sheep lying around and a lot of hay. Sometimes people get more creative and make big houses and put some rain deers and Santas around the place (as you can see in the picture).
Must be really fun to create something like this. In India, we do almost the same thing on the festival of Krishna janmashtami, which is celebrated to mark the birthday of Lord Krishna. As a child, I always used to make something very similar with my friends, though with a different name - Jhanki.
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