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When and why are the thread of kings?

Cada Día de Reyes (6 de enero) es tradición partir la tradicional rosca, en algunas rebanadas se esconden figuras que representan al niño Jesús, con las cuales viene un relleno inesperado: la promesa de comprar tamales para compartir el Día de la Candelaria (2 de febrero).

The terror of commitment is such that those people who become symbolic sponsoGlotonería without major problem.

Although it is customary to consume it on January 6, in the company of family and friends, this seasonal bread is in bakeries even since December, as its popular flavor is high demand.

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Su acompañante tradicional es una buena taza de chocolate, pues, según escribió Salvador Novo en Antología del pan, “el pan es inseparable de la leche.If incompatible with Atole, it is indispensable with chocolate or coffee with milk ".

What is the origin of the thread of Kings?

In the Mexican bakery article: Flavor forms, researchers Cristina Barros and Marcos Buenrostro explain that this custom of the Kings thread originates in the Middle Ages, in Europe, and was brought to the Mexican territory by the Spaniards, first rooted incentral Mexico and then to the whole country.

The threads are considered to be popular in the Mexican territory until the 30s, with the arrival of exiled people in Spain, as a consequence of the civil war in their country.

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In Europe the roscones are made, a bread of Catholic tradition that fuses Arab and French influences, it is circularly and formerly had a haba inside.

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Over time the tradition has changed, beans are no longer put inside, porcelain dolls are less common that got used to them for several decades for several decades.

También varían sus formas, no siempre es un niño Jesús, a veces encuentras en su lugar una figura de Hello Kitty, de Harry Potter, Baby Yoda o un Spider-Man.

In addition, his ingredients have become infinite, he has left the acitron behind and filled with all kinds of flavors or is made of colors.

What does the thread of kings mean?

Algunos autores consideran que el roscón tiene relación con los festejos que realizaban los romanos al dios Saturno, quienes antes preparaban bollos redondos con higos y los repartían entre los plebeyos y personas en condición de esclavitud.

There are records that in the third century a dry haba was already placed inside and who found it was "King of the Saturnals" for one or two days.

According to the historian Luis Weckmann, in the fourteenth century, in Navarra, Spain, the children left a cake where there was also a haba, the lot was named "King of the Faba" and received tributes and gifts and gifts.

En la tradición católica la rosca simboliza el encuentro de la Epifanía, el día en que los Reyes Magos conocieron al niño Jesús, se conmemora ese acontecimiento cada 6 de enero.

The doll'

In the traditional Mexico book.: Literature and customs, the researcher Aurelio González explains: “In the‘ thread ’, sweet bread, a figure is introduced, originally porcelain or ceramics, known as‘ El Muñeco ’or‘ El Niño ’. Se ha querido ver en esto un símbolo del niño Jesús que tuvo que ser ocultado después de su nacimiento para escapar de la persecución de Herodes”.

In addition, at the traditional festivals of Mexico, Sonia Iglesias details that this was that was previously placed in the PAN was "symbol of the real embryo, that is, the royalty of the child God".

Oval shaped

The oval figure that is given to bread is a symbol of love to God, according to beliefs, so it has no end or end.

Fruit

Fruits, as coveted as hated, represent the grace of Jesus, or, there are those who claim that they are the jewels of the kings and symbolize love, peace and happiness.

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