El da de los muertos

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El día de los muertos

• The Day of the Dead
• November 1 2
• Ofrenda by Diego Rivera

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Es una costumbre mexicana
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On November 1st and 2nd, people celebrate at the
gravesites with the spirits

• Its an
• all day
• affair

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Vigils at night
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Decorated gravesites
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Decorated Grave
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Decorated Altar
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Whatever the deceased enjoyed in life is
remembered in preparing an altar.
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Day of the Dead Flower

• Cempasuchil,
• the flower of
• 400 lives,
• leads the
• spirits home.

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Los Angelitos children that have died

• The 1st of November
• Preparing for the Angelitos
• (childs altar)

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• Families light
• candles on
• the altar and
• on the
• gravesite

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• Sugar skulls are given as gifts.

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Papel picado Cut tissue paperdecorates the
altars graveyards
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Skeletons are everywhere on the Day of the Dead
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Day of the Dead Toys
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A little something to eat

• El pan del muerto
• (Bread of the dead)

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Common Misconceptionsabout The Day of the Dead

• It is not the
• Mexican version
• of Halloween
• It is not scary
• or morbid

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Its a way to remember

• Its not a sad
• ritual.
• It is about LOVE,
• not fear.

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• It doesnt honor
• death, just dead
• relatives. It is a time to
• reflect on life, heritage
• and ancestors.
• Altars (or ofrendas)
• are not for worshipping
• the dead but for offering
• love and remembering
• departed family members

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Octavio Paz Mexican poet

• The word death is not spoken in New York,
  Paris, or London because it burns the lips. The
  Mexican, by contrast, is familiar with death,
  jokes about it, caresses it it is one of his
  favorite toys and his constant love.