Catchword: cascaron

Note: Cascarón is Spanish for “eggshell.”

Filed Under: English, Spanish

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: In late April, tiny pastel bits of a giant San Antonio party show up everywhere: trickling from your hair, embedded in the carpet under your desk, stuck to your furniture. The confetti comes from an egg that was cracked over your head by a mischievous friend or relative, and it’s inescapable. Not that anyone is really trying to escape. Cascarones, as the eggs are called, have become part of San Antonio’s 117-year-old citywide party called Fiesta. For 10 days starting April 18, this city will host parades, open-air concerts and festivals that return this fast-growing big city to its roots as a small town that has always been equal parts Texan and Mexican. (Cascarones—pronounced kas-kah-ROHN’-es—actually began as a Mexican Easter tradition but have been adopted by Fiesta-goers.)

Article or Document Title:
“Texas city parades, parties in annual 10-day celebration” (URL)

Author:
Michelle Roberts

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Houston Chronicle

Dateline:
San Antonio, Texas

Date of Publication:
Mar. 24, 2008

This catchword has yet to be researched.