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Overview
- Mexican Holiday
- November 1 and 2
- Remembering deceased loved ones;
celebrating their lives
Day of the Dead Da de los Muertos Languages Club Overview Mexican - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Day of the Dead Da de los Muertos Languages Club Overview Mexican - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Day of the Dead Da de los Muertos Languages Club Overview Mexican Holiday November 1 and 2 Remembering deceased loved ones; celebrating their lives Origins First celebrated by the Olmecs and Aztecs 3,000 years ago
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Origins
- First celebrated by the Olmecs
and Aztecs 3,000 years ago
- Since combined with Catholic
and European traditions
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Traditions
- Souls return to visit the living
- Ofrendas (altars), food, sugar skulls
- Cleaning and decorating graves, night vigils
- Cempazuchitl (marigold) flowers
- La Catrina
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Zarco Guerrero mask-maker and sculptor
Video of Guerrero on Day of the Dead and the meaning behind the traditions...
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Death in Various Cultures
- Mexico: celebrated, not taboo
- Honoring and remembering one’s
ancestors
○ China: Qingming Festival (清明节) ○ Japan: O-Bon Festival ○ Korea: Chuseok
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Today’s Activities
- Papel Picado
- Cempasúchiles
- Calaveras Literarias
○ “mocking epitaphs of friends, describing interesting habits and attitudes or funny anecdotes”
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