Learning activity 1

Evidence: Take a break

Select a celebration around the world and describe it according to the format.
Include images to illustrate your ideas. You can find and example in Introductory
material section 1. Describing celebrations and special occasions around the
world. You have to make your description in minimum 250 words.

Aspects Description Image

What it is Although it is a time to
celebrated. remember the deceased,
the celebration is a real
party. The children dress
up as catrinas and give
each other little skulls or
poems with which they
laugh at death and dance.

Where and The Day of the Dead festival

when it is has become a national
celebrated. symbol of Mexico. It takes
place during November 1
and 2 and it is a traditional
celebration that honors the
dead.

What people Families set up altars and

wear. make offerings to their
deceased. They go to visit
them with bouquets of
marigolds, an intense
orange flower that they
defoliate on the tombstones
and spread on the roads so
that the dead know where to
go. They also bring food to
their dead.
 What people It is a whole festival of
do. colors and music,
fundamental to liven up the
coexistence between the
living and the dead. In
addition, the traditional
catrina parades are held,
which go out in procession
through all the cities through
alleys lit by lanterns and
candles.
Why it is a In this celebration of the
special Day of the Dead, death
celebration. does not represent an
absence but a living
presence; death is a
symbol of life that
materializes on the offered
altar. In this sense, it is a
celebration that carries
great popular significance
since it includes various
meanings, from
philosophical to material.

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Criterios de evaluación

Describe celebraciones con la estructura y el vocabulario requeridos.