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DIA DE LOS MUERTOS Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead
The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.
It is particularly celebrated in Mexico.
Traditions connected with the holiday include:
building private altars honoring the deceased using calacas, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts.
The Day of the Dead is a time of celebration when eating and parties are common.
Dia de Los Muertos
Dia de los Muertos Vocabulary Cempazuchitl: Yellow marigolds
that are symbols of dead Copal: Burning incense left at
alter Ofrenda: offerings to honor the
dead Pan de Muerto: Bread of the
dead Cascarones: Festive egg shells
that are filled with confetti and trimmed in glitter
Alfeniques: Poems and songs written about the festival
Calaca: whimsical skeleton figure that represents death
Calaveras: Colorful iced sugar skulls
Angelitos: Souls of children who have died.
Calaca
• A Mexican Spanish Name for SKELETON.
• Origins from Aztec, frequently shown with flowers (such as marigolds).
• Depicted as Happy or Joyful rather than mournful (sad).
• Shown wearing festive clothes, dancing, and/or playing musical instruments to indicate a happy afterlife.
Masks
Form (3D) Abstract Face
Meaning it is a face but is distorted or simplified
Used for cerem0nial purposes.
Calaveras
Calavera—the skull—is the number one symbol
for the Days of the Dead.
It is not presented to terrorize.
Instead, the calavera represents the playfulness
of the Dead, as they mimic the Living and frolic
amongst us.