Mexico Spanish Class Bake Sweet Treats

November 2, 2017 Submitted article

MEXICO – Learning is fun in Diane Bush’s Spanish 5 class at Mexico High School.

Mexico High School Spanish 5 students bake traditional Tantawawas in honor of the Day of the Dead, which they learned about recently in class.
Mexico High School Spanish 5 students bake traditional Tantawawas in honor of the Day of the Dead, which they learned about recently in class.

The students recently studied about the Day of the Dead in various South American countries and learned the annual event on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2 is a cultural tradition to remember and celebrate the lives of lost loved ones.

Students read about Tantawawas, or sweet bread figurines of babies that are a tradition in Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru.

The traditional sweets, sometimes made with cinnamon, are made to honor children of people in those cultures who have died.

Bush’s students followed a recipe – in Spanish – to make them while they practiced socializing and conversing in Spanish, utilizing new vocabulary and structures as they worked.

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