What is it?

El Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, is a traditional Mexican holiday representing indigenous traditions honoring the dead It is not a sad time, but instead a time of remembering and rejoicing.

People begin by preparing to gather flowers, especially Cempaxuchitl flowers

Cempaxuchitl flowers represent the dead. That is the reason they use them in graves and altars.

Shredded confetti paper.

It meansWind and Joy

Las flores se utilizan para decorar las tumbas de sus familiares y ofrendas ..

Flowers, food, saints

candles, water, food, photographs, personal belongings , are also offerings .

You can see ofrendas , ( offerings) in public places in Mexico. Such as streets, Malls, and businesses.

Sugar Skulls!!- calaveras de azucar

Dead bread

The bones represent the lost) and there is normally a baked tear drop on the bread to represent sorrow.

Families stay November 1st at night to wake up the next day November 2.

Diferencias

Halloween ?

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