Noun
pastorela (plural pastorelas)
A traditional Mexican theater performance that chronicles the journeys of shepherds and shepherdesses on the way to visit the newborn Jesus, typically performed during Advent.
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pastorela (plural pastorelas)
(historical) A type of Occitan lyric poetry in which a knight meets a shepherdess.
A work of such poetry.