DAY OF THE DEAD

Celebration of Cycle of
Life & Death

Usually celebrated in
Mexico & Southwestern
United States
Each day is dedicated towards different
manners of deaths

Oct 28: Sudden / violent deaths

Oct 29: Drowned victims
Oct 30: People who died alone / without family
Oct 31: Miscarriages / People who
died before being baptized
Nov 1 - Día de los Inocentes : Children
Nov 2 - Día de los Muertos : Adults
Primary Traditions:

- Sugar Skulls (Calaveritas)

- Often seen on altars and graves of loved ones
- Also seen around celebrations and parties

- Family Cemetery Trip

- Cleaning the grave of loved ones
- Leaving offerings for their spirits
- Decorating tombs with marigolds (trad. flower of
dead)
Ofrendas (Offering):
- Offerings are set up on altar
- Bottom Layer
- Yellow flowers arranged in shape of a path, guiding lost ones
- Often a cross with flower / seeds in the middle to show the
earth is connected to heaven
- Earth Layer
- Fruits, bread, dead’s favourite foods and drinks
- Salt Layer
- Salt, incense, Photos of loved one
- Represents Purgatory – Spirits rest here before reincarnation
- Heaven Layer
- All white, Saint Maria / Cross, Archway (gates of Heaven)
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Date: October 31st
Origin of Name:
- November 1st was celebrated from the 8th century as All-Saints Day, also known
as All-hallowmas
- The day before All-hallowmas, October 31st, came to be known as All-Hallows
Eve, which then became known as Halloween
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Primary Traditions:
- Dressing up in “spooky” costumes
- Trick-or-Treating
(The superstitious nature of Halloween was mostly reduced around the 20th
century)
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