A Venezuelan family in Utah prepares hallacas, a traditional Christmas dish and reflect the bittersweet nature of the holiday for migrants who’ve found peace and stability in the U.S. but miss home.
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:
In Venezuela, there’s a traditional Christmas dish called hallacas. They’re similar to tamales. Millions of Venezuelans who have fled their country now have to prepare the dish far from their homeland and relatives. KUER’s Ciara Hulet visited one such family in Utah.
(SOUNDBITE OF SIMON SONG, “TU AMOR PARA NAVIDAD”)
CIARA HULET, BYLINE: Yesenia Castejon and her family have played this song every Christmas since they left Venezuela six years ago.
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