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Día de los Muertos

→Day of the Dead

http://www.fabricandart.com/web_images/fabrics/cotton_prints/5_14_skeleton_white.jpg

Take notes on this vocabulary…

Ofrenda→ An altar

full of offerings for the dead souls that will return

http://laprensa-sandiego.org/archieve/october22-04/altar.jpg

Cempoaxpchitl

→Marigold, the most common flower used to decorate during la celebración

Cempasuchiles

http://www.flickr.com/photos/citlali/393232919/

Velas→ Candles, they light the path to the altar for the dead

http://vpa.csumb.edu/dead/candles.jpg

Calaveras→ Skulls! One of

the most famous symbols of Día de los muertos is

←La Catrina

http://media.photobucket.com/image/la%20catrina/bajolinuxubuntu/catrina-posada.jpg

Calacas → Skeletons

are used as decorations during la celebración

http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/dia-de-los-muertos-candy-mayer.jpg

Pan de Muerto → Day of the

Dead bread, made especially for la celebración and offered to the dead on the altar

http://onewholeclove.typepad.com/one_whole_clove/images/pan_de_muerto_1.jpg, http://www.mexonline.com/culture/images/muertos7.jpg

Papel Picado→ Soft tissue

paper, cut out into different shapes used to decorate the altars

http://www.neuronasmuertas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/3093898565_f4cc12b8c0_o.jpg

Mole→A traditional,

spicy chocolate sauce made with hot peppers, usually served over meat

http://mexicofoodandmore.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mole-poblano-2.jpg, http://www.chipotle-peppers.com/chipotle-peppers.jpg, http://www.anchochilipeppers.com/niche/image/16/ancho-pepper3-small.jpg?1238866860

Chapulín→ Toasted

grasshoppers commonly

eaten in México at certain times

during the year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chapulines.jpg

Copal→ Incense burned to lift prayers up to Heaven.Copal Incense

http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/images-2/278_17_2.jpg

Panteón (Cementerio)

→ Familias meet here to

clean the graves, decorate them, and pray.

http://sites.google.com/site/hamiltonspanish/_/rsrc/1229019078222/Home/las-fiestas/el-da-de-los-muertos/cemetery%20preparations.jpg

Máscara → Masks of calaveras and calacas are often decorated, displayed, and worn during la celebración.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/2954621884_8aee614771.jpg

Despedida→Goodbye,farewell, or closure. Families say goodbye to their

lovedones once again.

http://imgpe.trivago.com/uploadimages/51/87/5187112_l.jpeg