Day of the Dead

The celebrations of holidays include art. Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday that is traced back more than 2,500 years to the rituals of ancient indigenous tribes of Mexico. This holiday celebrates the family and friends who have passed. Day of the Dead is celebrated the 1st and 2nd of November. They believe that overnight on Dia de los Muertos (“Day of the Dead”) the souls of their loved ones whom have passed will return to visit their family and friends who are living. People who celebrate…

Days of the dead and Halloween sound pretty similar considering Halloween and dead kind of match with the spookiness, anyway i'm going to explain some similarities and differences such as how they celebrate it , different foods and just in general how they are different because despite their similarities there more different than you think. One way their different is how they celebrate it in mexico they celebrate Dias de los muertos (Days of the Dead) with a huge celebration with tons…

are many differences and similarities between Day of the Dead and Halloween. A few are costumes, death, and food; within those similarities are most of the differences. One of the first thing are the costumes. During the day of the dead people dress up as skeletons, one of the famous skeleton’s name is La Catrina. She represents that no amount of money can keep you from death. While most of the skeleton costumes have meanings during the Day of the Dead, during halloween when people dress up…

these multitude of traditions is Dia de los Muertos, Spanish for Day of the Dead; its celebration date is on the 1st and 2nd of November. Day of the Dead is the Mexican holiday where families and friends honor their departed loved ones with festivities, particularly with foods, drinks, and other activities that the dead enjoyed from life. Day of the Dead first originated in the 16th century from Aztec traditions in honoring the dead, but later the tradition merged with elements of Christianity…

Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead is a traditional Hispanic holiday that is celebrated in Mexico during that last days of October and the first days of November. This holiday stems from many different traditional Aztec rituals that have been carried on throughout history. It is a celebration of life and death, and is spent in remembrance of those who have passed. People prepare all different kinds of foods to celebrate and honor all the people that they have lost. They believe that on…

Halloween and Day of the Dead have many things in common and I believe that the two holidays are more similar than different. The two holidays are alike in the ways that in both you have to dress up in costumes, they both have the colors orange and black as the main colors in the holiday celebrations, and that they eat sweets and candy during this holiday. The Day of the Dead and Halloween are similar in the fact that in both holidays people dress up in costumes. In Day or the Dead they dress…

El Dia de Los Muertos commonly referred as the day of the dead is a unique function within the Mexican calendars. The function is meant to honor the department family's friends, relatives, and other heroes. Back before colonization, the celebration was done from 31st October and proceeds until 2nd November every year. The ceremony is highly valued by all persons of Mexican ancestry even those that live in the foreign land. The great occasion usually focuses on gatherings of the family and…

Park Atrium the event shared the history of Dia de Los Muertos and provided the opportunity of decorating a sugar skull of our own. Dia de Los Muertos is Spanish for Day of the Dead. Although the tradition originated from Mexico, other cultures acknowledge the festivity internationally. The annual holiday takes place the first two days of November, due to their belief that the gates of Heaven open at midnight on November 1st and close when the clock strikes midnight on November 3rd, allowing…

The most important holiday in Mexico is the Day of the Dead, El Día de Los Muertos. Surprisingly, this holiday is anything but depressing. In the weeks before, Mexicans excitedly prepare to welcome the souls of the dead, who come back each year to visit the living. From October 31 through November 2 this year, I attended this fiesta with my roommate Manuel. By sharing Day of the Dead activities in his family’s home, in the marketplace, and in a cemetery, I have observed that Mexicans, unlike…

ago, the Aztecs held the tradition that the dead should not be mourned, but should be celebrated, specifically, on the Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos. As with almost all holidays, Day of the Dead has many foods associated with this special occasion. Many offerings are put on the altar to feed their ancestors, including tissue paper cutouts, a bowl of water, candles, and food. The food’s essence is thought to be consumed by ancestors and, once the day has past, the living eats what…