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Tags: family, tamales, Theater
“But the passing of the olla is becoming less frequent as younger Latinas shy away from the tamale-making tradition and the hours of labor that go with it. Many simply have lost interest or prefer to buy their holiday supply from the friendly man in the Safeway parking lot.
The Catalina Players dinner theater troupe hopes to rekindle that interest and revive the family tradition with its new play, “Las Nuevas Tamaleras (The New Tamale Makers).” In Texan Alicia Mena’s comedy three 20-something, college-educated Chicanas decide on a whim to make tamales on their own for the first time.”
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