For all of those Latino parent's out there, Dulce Bebe Boutique is proud to carry some very cute shirts with the names of our childhood characters. How many of us were threatened that if we didn't behave "el cucuy" or "la Llorona" would take us away? I remember my mom would tell my brothers and I that if we were come face to face with these characters they would run away from us!-I still don't think we were that bad!For those parent's who are not familiar with either "el cucuy" or "la Llorona" These are characters of mythical (I hope) stories that have been passed down from one parent of bad kids to another for untold generations.
El cucuy is the Latino version of the boogey man. We were told that if we were bad el cucuy would come and take us away...
The story of La llorona or "the crying one" is a little more gruesome. It deals with a young Indian girl who became the lover of a rich Spaniard although they never married, she bore him 3 children. When the rich Spaniard finally married, someone else, he would come by to see his children, but would ignore their mother. The mother became so desperate for her lover's affection and blinded by his rejection, she took her three small children to the river and drowned them. When the mother realizes what she had done, she jumps into the river to try to save her children, but she too drowns. Now the mother is seen by the river in a long white flowing dress. She cries desperately and screams, "Where are my children?"
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