LAS POSADAS
A CARRILLO TRADITION FOR OVER 75 YEARS
A CARRILLO TRADITION FOR OVER 75 YEARS
Las Posadas is a Carrillo tradition performed every December.
Las Posadas came into the lives of many Tucsonans for the first time through the efforts of Miss Marguerite Collier, a teacher at Carrillo Elementary School for more than 25 years.
The children of Carrillo Magnet School have been enacting Las Posadas since 1937.
The Carrillo School observance is held on one night. The procession is led by a single child dressed in a Mexican white farming costume. The leader is followed by a boy carrying an olla (clay bowl) filled with ashes to cast along the way to keep Mary and Joseph from slipping. Typically over 50 children participate in the Las Posadas, singing traditional songs and walking through the historic Barrio Viejo neighborhood. This event occurs with funding through tax-credit monies.
Each year, the procession includes families, friends, and community members who walk with the children as they replicate this Mexican cultural tradition that is a large part of our school's history and tradition.
Las Posadas came into the lives of many Tucsonans for the first time through the efforts of Miss Marguerite Collier, a teacher at Carrillo Elementary School for more than 25 years.
The children of Carrillo Magnet School have been enacting Las Posadas since 1937.
The Carrillo School observance is held on one night. The procession is led by a single child dressed in a Mexican white farming costume. The leader is followed by a boy carrying an olla (clay bowl) filled with ashes to cast along the way to keep Mary and Joseph from slipping. Typically over 50 children participate in the Las Posadas, singing traditional songs and walking through the historic Barrio Viejo neighborhood. This event occurs with funding through tax-credit monies.
Each year, the procession includes families, friends, and community members who walk with the children as they replicate this Mexican cultural tradition that is a large part of our school's history and tradition.