Dia De Muertos the day of the dead

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Dia De Muertos the day of the dead

• Nick Brumfield
• 1st period
• Feb 2009

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A Deadly Introduction

• The day of the dead is not scary - it's fun! It
  is a way that people show respect for the dead.
• Some people believe that the dead come for food
  during The Day of the Dead, so at night they set
  out food.
• This celebration is only three days long! 

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Day One of the Dead

• The living relatives go to the cemetery and show
  their respect.
• The relatives make little areas in their house
  that represent their dead ones. (altars)
• The first day of the dead is Halloween!

• They make lots of candy to look like the dead to
  put with their altars.
• The spirits of the dead are expected to pay a
  holiday visit home and should be provided with a
  nice altar

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Days 2 and 3 of the dead

• The Dead are full of Life. We see it in the
  statues, toys and trinkets of el Dia De Los
  Muertos. Miniature skeletons sporting mohawks and
  big grins play in rock bands.

• You see skulls in baked goods and sugar candy as
  it is widely known that the Dead love sugar.
• The sugar skulls of the Days of the Dead are
  stacked in huge pyramids throughout the open
  markets of Mexico.

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Day 2 and 3 of the dead Continued

• On the Days of the Dead, you will see the Devil,
  too, as he plays and frolics with the Skeleton.

• Looking like a tomb in the catacombs of Rome, the
  Mexican bakery's shelves are stacked with sugar
  skulls for the Day of the Dead.

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Foods and Activities

• Foods
• Candy skulls
• Dread bread
• Creepy candy
• Tamales
• Chocolate

• Activities
• Piñatas
• Making candy
• Making altars
• Visiting cemeteries
• Making puppets

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A Killer Conclusion

• On the last day of the dead they scare the dead
  back to the grave by wearing skull masks. I told
  you The Day(s) Of The Dead Is fun!