I have some infant relatives that don't speak a word of Spanish, and also, they're raised as Protestants.
When they visited DR, they don't say the customary " bendicion" or just " cion" for short to my grandmother. My grandmother got passed the disgust that they don't speak Spanish, these kids just refused to speak Spanish at all. but she used to get really irritated that they didn't even wanted to give her the " cion".
I know that she finds this insulting, because I was told that back in the old days, children had to kneel with one knee and say the full " bendicion abuela". I know that's how my grandma used to do it. Today is more " lazy" or " lax", you don't need to kneel and just say " cion abuela".
I understand the kids and their mother, they weren't raised in Dominican culture, so they just don't have a clue about this custom.
But I was wondering if this " bendicion" thing is just a Catholic custom. Do Protestanst do that too??? If the kids are not Catholics, do they have to show respect like this? Is this just Dominican culture in general, going beyond religion?? what is your take on this??
When they visited DR, they don't say the customary " bendicion" or just " cion" for short to my grandmother. My grandmother got passed the disgust that they don't speak Spanish, these kids just refused to speak Spanish at all. but she used to get really irritated that they didn't even wanted to give her the " cion".
I know that she finds this insulting, because I was told that back in the old days, children had to kneel with one knee and say the full " bendicion abuela". I know that's how my grandma used to do it. Today is more " lazy" or " lax", you don't need to kneel and just say " cion abuela".
I understand the kids and their mother, they weren't raised in Dominican culture, so they just don't have a clue about this custom.
But I was wondering if this " bendicion" thing is just a Catholic custom. Do Protestanst do that too??? If the kids are not Catholics, do they have to show respect like this? Is this just Dominican culture in general, going beyond religion?? what is your take on this??