A traditional Las Posadas procession took place on Olvera Street in Los Angeles, reenacting the journey of Joseph and Mary seeking shelter before the birth of Jesus.
A Las Posadas procession travels north on Olvera Street in Los Angeles on Monday, December 16, 2024. Members of Grupo Rondalla del Sol participate in a Las Posadas procession down Olvera Street in Los Angeles on Monday, December 16, 2024. Champorado is served following a Las Posadas procession in Los Angeles on Monday, December 16, 2024. Two-year-old Rebecca Illescas is carried south on Olvera Street during a Las Posadas procession in Los Angeles on Monday, December 16, 2024.
Belen Gonzalez, center, participates in a Las Posadas procession down Olvera Street in Los Angeles on Monday, December 16, 2024. Gabriel Pasten, left, leads a Las Posadas procession on Olvera Street in Los Angeles on Monday, December 16, 2024. Las Posadas has been a part of Olvera Street since its founding in 1930, and now for several nights each December, Los Angeles residents and visitors gather to watch as shepherds — known as pastores — are led by an angel to ask for shelter at one of the shops on Olvera Street. In the biblical story, Joseph and Mary — who was pregnant with Christ — were on their journey to Bethlehem because of a census ordered by the Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus that required all people to register in their ancestral home
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