Sunday, January 10, 2016
Each year the Atlanta History Center hosts an annual Dia del los Reyes celebration. Also known as Three Kings Day, the celebration is a nod to the last day of Christmas.
Lovers of carols and Christmas parties know that this season has 12 days, packed with golden rings, calling birds and various kinds of gentry, musicians and domestic workers. Most of the time the 12 days are thought to end on Christmas Day but that is not really the case. The days, which if you start singing the song is really quite catchy, actually begin on Christmas Day and end. Jan. 6. The final day, known as the Feast of the Epiphany, is also called “The Adoration of the Magi”. Another song immediately pops into mind… “We Three Kings of Orient Are” Hence Three Kings Day is born and although this Sunday was not technically the 6th, what can you say but close enough. Food, music, dancing, art lessons and more were on the docket as a few hundred people came out to celebrate the last of the holi-days.
Will Miller (left), William Foshee and Bennett Porson greet people as they enter the Dia de los Reyes, or Three Kings Day, celebration at the Atlanta History Center on Sunday, January 10, 2016.
Brandon Gutierrez (left), Bryan Villagomez and Angel Gutierrez decorate crowns during the Dia de los Reyes, or Three Kings Day, celebration at the Atlanta History Center on Sunday, January 10, 2016.
Luis Gutierrez (left) and Juan Villagomez perform traditional Aztec drumming and dancing during the Dia de los Reyes, or Three Kings Day, celebration at the Atlanta History Center on Sunday, January 10, 2016.
Sandra Garcia (center) prepares sopes during the Dia de los Reyes, or Three Kings Day, celebration at the Atlanta History Center on Sunday, January 10, 2016.
Ana Avilez (left) performs a traditional Aztec dance during the Dia de los Reyes, or Three Kings Day, celebration at the Atlanta History Center on Sunday, January 10, 2016.
Angel Gutierrez (right) decorates a crown during the Dia de los Reyes, or Three Kings Day, celebration at the Atlanta History Center on Sunday, January 10, 2016.
Iliayalit Trejo (center) performs a traditional Aztec dance during the Dia de los Reyes, or Three Kings Day, celebration at the Atlanta History Center on Sunday, January 10, 2016.
Jayra Figeroa (left), her mother Luz Acevedo and step sister Jessiree Figeroa share a sopes and a cup of elotes during the Dia de los Reyes, or Three Kings Day, celebration at the Atlanta History Center on Sunday, January 10, 2016.
Clara Trzecieski (left) sits on her mother’s lap as she watches a traditional Aztec dance during the Dia de los Reyes, or Three Kings Day, celebration at the Atlanta History Center on Sunday, January 10, 2016.
Guera Azteca (center) spins as she performs a traditional Aztec dance during the Dia de los Reyes, or Three Kings Day, celebration at the Atlanta History Center on Sunday, January 10, 2016.