Three Kings Return

Mon., Jan. 3, 2000

The Traditional Three Kings returned to Cuba on Sunday after slowly disappearing decades ago as the annual sugar harvest and Karl Marx took precedence over centuries-old church festivals. Several hundred Cuban Catholics applauded as three Puerto Rican men wrapped in the brocaded robes and capes of Melchor, Beltazar and Gaspar rose the steps of Havana’s towering cathedral for a Mass celebrated by Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega. With Christmas hymns and clouds of incense, the Wise Men strode toward the alter as the visiting Roman Catholic group from Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, shared its island’s annual holiday celebration with the congregation. Later, they kissed a baby boy playing the role of the Christ child and prostrated themselves on the floor before him.

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