Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated in Mexico known around the world by the skull painting face. It is celebrated by people of Mexico living in other places, especially the United States. Family and friends gather for this multi-day holiday to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died while creating an Ofrenda. They do Ofrenda on a altar at home and also on the grave. It is also to help support their spiritual journey. In 2008, the tradition was inscribed in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.[1]
The origin of the day of the dead comes from a mix of culture. Aztec and Christian are the main influence of it. In some countries people use sugar skull painting for Halloween but it is not the same celebration. Everyone is welcomed to join in on the celebration, but nearly everyone in Mexico celebrates it. The Day of the Dead is a holiday celebrated all throughout Mexico. It is a day to celebrate, remember and prepare special foods in honor of those who have died. The traditional food is the bread of the dead (pan de muertos). People paint there faces to match Caleveras. The famous decoration is the sugar skulls, Marigolds, and candles. People believe the spirit of the dead goes and visits their families from October 31 (aka Halloween) then leaves on November 2. The Day of the Dead is held every year on the 2nd of November in Mexico. This Mexican holiday is celebrated because families do it to honor their loved ones who have passed.
Day Of The Dead Media
Families tidying and decorating graves at a cemetery in Almoloya del Río in the State of Mexico, 1995
Family altar for the Day of the Dead on a patio
José Guadalupe Posada's depiction of La Calavera Catrina, shown wearing a then-fashionable early 20th-century hat.
An ánima for the dead
Women with calaveras makeup celebrating Día de Muertos in the Mission District of San Francisco, California
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Car ofrendas on display during the Oceanside, California Dia de los Muertos festival
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A Sicilian cannistru dei morti
A ofrenda in a Filipino American household.
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References
- ↑ "Indigenous festivity dedicated to the dead". UNESCO. Retrieved October 31, 2014.