Photo: K-9 Xalapa AC / Courtesy
With a religious and popular origin, the shepherds are a holiday tradition that narrates the difficulties of a group of shepherds heading to Bethlehem to adore the baby Jesus on Christmas day, but in Veracruz, Mexico, this moment was immortalized thanks to the participation of four-legged actors .
Pastorelas in Mexico are performed in school, theatrical and even popular performances, however, a training center in Xalapa, Veracruz, led to another level imagination and decided to set up a shepherd with his students, the dogs that their owners take to train .
The canine group K-9 Xalapa decided to stage and share the images on social networks, unleashing a wave of comments, mostly , applauding the idea and congratulating the new “actors.”
Thus, several of the dogs stole the camera, some disguised as shepherds, others as devils and some more as angels, without neglecting the protagonists, the three Wise Men : Melchor, Gaspar and Baltazar.
Also, not to forget the special performance for the dogs that played Maria, José and the child God.
Total, were 16 the dogs that posed in the photos of the pastorela, that They quickly became viral after being published on social networks, where you can also see how dogs break piñatas and carry out a series of playful activities for their entertainment.
The images in question began to go viral on social networks, with several applause for the behavior of the dogs, however, other users alleged that it was an act of animal abuse, since the dogs are humanized by putting costumes on them and more when they represent “humans”.
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