Day of the Dead

The Holiday, "Dia De Los Muertos," or, "Day of The Dead," if translated into English is held for three days from October 31st to November 2nd. The people of Mexico gather friends and family together during these few days and remember and pray for family members who have died. Members of the families from people who have died will build altars called "Ofrendas." These altars honor the deceased and are decorated with skulls made from sugar and marigold flowers. The Ofrendas also have the…

Seizing the day can be quite troublesome but it has been a great motivation for people. For instance, many people believe we should seize the day because life is short and we will not get another opportunity to do the things we want ever again. In the film, Dead Poets Society, Neil Perry and Todd Anderson were both able to seize the day. Neil seizes the day by acting in the play, "A Midsummer Night 's Dream", playing as the character Puck and he did so well that everyone applauded, making him…

Dead Poets Society opened my eyes up to the extraordinary measures that teachers should take every day in the classroom. A certain level of seriousness presents itself throughout the movie. I believe that particular emotion provides vital proof that total strictness has the ability to make or break a school system. The prep school, Welton Academy, specifically insists on discipline becoming the main focus of anything taught there. Lack of self-respect or respect of authority results in harsh…

In multiple forms of media, we can get much entertainment, as well as information to help expand our minds. In the movie, The Book of Life we see one perspective of the day of the dead from the life of one people. And in the article, Dia de los Muertos, we see a history and reality of the day of the dead. While they both inform us of the same topic, they have similarities and differences. In both platforms of media, they describe to us a little bit of history of Dia de los Muertos. They give us…

Skull Mask become a part of Day of the dead because during the Aztecs and other Meso-Americans reign they kept skulls as trophies and flaunted them during ceremonies. The skulls then represented death and reincarnation. The reincarnation part of these ceremonies was the most important of the ceremony. Aztecs and other Meso-American cultures believed their beloved relatives came back from the dead during the monthlong ritual. In celebrations today the skull mask are called calacus. This…

nights”. Nine nights is defined as the ninth night following a burial, after which the spirit of the dead person is believed finally to rest; the culmination or main focus of the nine night celebration. When it comes to death…

Hindu Mythology, when a person dies, his or her soul roams near his or her home for the next thirteen days. The mythology explains the reason that the soul just cannot leave the family members because of the close attachment the dead person had with them. On the day of death, family members bury the dead body in the ground nearby the temple, or cremate at the river bank. During the following thirteen days, family members do their best to get that person’s death meaningful by performing different…

Ephron believe that newspapers should publish photo of dead people because that is news. Some American readers does not want to see picture of dead people faces or body in the newspapers because some reader only reads newspaper in the morning at the breakfast table. The last thing a reader want to see is a picture of a dead person in the newspapers in the morning. Some readers want the whole news about to be print on the newspaper because the press supposed to tell the whole story to what happen…

Celebrating the dead is something that may sound really strange to a person that hears it for the first time; indeed it’s a subject that most people will like to avoid talking about. However, every November 1st of every year, thousands of Bolivian families celebrate with music, food and prayers the return of their beloved ones that have passed away. This day is called “Dia de los muertos”, or in English, day of the dead. It is one of the most popular festivals in Bolivia. People who celebrate…

you can celebrate two days with them when they return back to earth?…