Posted on Dec 25, 2016
You may find this Spanish Christmas tradition a little hard to stomach
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1SG(P) (Join to see) thanks for the interesting read and share.
He was christened “El Caganer,” which translates most politely as “the defecator.”
The neat pile of poop beneath him is considered a sign of fertility and good fortune.
Although debate continues as to exactly why, one theory dating back to the 18th century explains that peasant farmers who couldn’t afford fertilizer fashioned a do-it-yourself approach to soil improvement, dropping their own fertilizer bombs across their fields each day.
Plentiful poop meant plentiful crops — and pretty soon the act became a good-luck charm in statue form.
He was christened “El Caganer,” which translates most politely as “the defecator.”
The neat pile of poop beneath him is considered a sign of fertility and good fortune.
Although debate continues as to exactly why, one theory dating back to the 18th century explains that peasant farmers who couldn’t afford fertilizer fashioned a do-it-yourself approach to soil improvement, dropping their own fertilizer bombs across their fields each day.
Plentiful poop meant plentiful crops — and pretty soon the act became a good-luck charm in statue form.
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Not exactly my way of Christmas tradition, but each to their own.
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interesting tradition... not all that appealing but what ever Floats the Boat...
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