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Mardi Gras King Cake (New Orleans)

Practice: use up last of sweet baking goods (off limits after Ash Wednesday)

-Place a plastic baby in cake and recipient becomes King for the day and is expected to hold the next party

Perspective: represents Jesus
-Colors of cake honor wise men

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Perspective differences:

-Values working all the time
-Individualistic Society
-"Time is Money" belief

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Perspective Difference: not as much of a religious aspect to it

Similarity in Perspective: Entry into womanhood,

Similar Practice: Presenting Woman to society, gift giving, dancing, family and friends gathering

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-Presentation of a young woman to society
- Misa de acción de gracias (thank God for a completed childhood)
-Gift giving by family members and friends
-Dancing

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The Quinceañera Celebration

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-In Mexico, the traditional belief that a girl's fifteenth birthday signifies her entry into womanhood (ready for marriage and to take on adult responsibilities)
-A young woman and her parents should be honored for her maturity

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-Ticos value happiness, optimism, well-being and a relaxed attitude toward life.

-"Pura Vida" is a part of the Costa Rican identity

-Collectivist, family-oriented society

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The most commonly used phrase in Costa Rica, "Pura Vida"

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-Using the phrase "Pura Vida" as a greeting, farewell, and to express many different things in Costa Rica

-A way of living: enjoy life and take it easy

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-Spain is a Catholic nation

-Rituals and traditions are very important to Catholicism in Spain

-Saint James is the patron Saint of Spain

-Saint James body is believed to be entombed in the Cathedral of Santiago

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Pilgrims eat this cake during the Camino de Santiago de Compostela

-Practiced since Middle Ages
-July 25th, Saint James Day
-Each cake is marked with the cross of the Order of Santiago
-Use of traditional Spanish Galician dessert ingredients (almonds, lemon, eggs)

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Tarta de Santiago: traditional Galician cake