Three Kings Day celebrated in Loisaida style BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK

Three Kings Day celebrated in Loisaida style

JANUARY 12, 2022

BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | Three Kings Day (Los Reyes Magos), Jan. 6, is celebrated throughout the Spanish-speaking world to mark the birth of Jesus, and in the Puerto Rican Loisaida community, it was commemorated in style. There were drums to herald in the occasion, an original play with song and dance that depicted the biblical event, homemade cupcakes, gifts for children and adults alike, and, a first for the community, a very large camel.

Beginning at 3 p.m. at Haven Plaza, E. 11th Street and Avenue C, the driving rhythmic drumbeats of Fogo Azul (Blue Fire), the all-women Brazilian drumline marching band, wended its way west to St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery on 10th Street and Second Avenue. There a docile dromedary by the name of Chesney, from Green Horse Farm in Pennsylvania, took center stage in front of the church to delight the gathering onlookers.

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Photo Credit: Bonnie Rosenstock