Published in KPBS On Air Magazine December 2004 Hark! The herald angels sing… in two languages! La Pastorela is back. The pastorela is a folk-art form that was brought to the New World by Franciscan missionaries in the early 1500s. The tradition flourished, but remains especially strong in Mexico, where more than 2500 unique versions of the rhyming Christmas story are produced annually. Almost every Read More →