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 Día de los Muertos, México
celebrated? A Mexican holiday, 'Day of the
Dead' focuses on gatherings of
family and friends to pray for
and remember friends and
family members who have
died.
Where and The celebration takes place on
when it is 1st and 2nd November (All
celebrated. Saints' Day and All Souls' Day)
and traditions connected with
the holiday include building
private altars honouring the
deceased using sugar skulls
and marigolds, eating the
favorite foods and beverages
of the departed and visiting
graves with gifts.
The Day of the Dead parade
takes place in various parts of
the Mexican country.
What people Many women on these dates
wear? dress up as Catrina. Men and
women are summoned who
must wear their costume with
Mexican motifs, nothing that
has to do with Halloween.

At the meeting point, there are

makeup artists who will give
the final touch to the costume.
 Throughout the parade of this
"carnival”, you can see floats,
dressed and painted for the
occasion, dancers, giant
skeleton puppets, and
Alebrijes, which are very
colorful figures of imaginary
animals.
What people On this holiday, it is mandatory
do? to visit the graves of the
deceased to clean them and
arrange them with flowers and
candles. In some places, it is
customary to place an offering
on the grave and spend the
night awake there with the
reunited family.

Next to the graves the family

eats, sings, prays, drinks,
laughs and cries, remembering
those who are no longer
physically with them

Why it is a Because, while in much of the

special planet this date is marked by
celebration. sadness and tears, Mexico is
surrounded by party and color,
celebration of life and reunion
with the deceased who are
believed to return to our world
for a day.
Today, the Mexican Day of the
Dead is the result of a mixture
of these two cultures, pre-
Columbian and Catholic
traditions.
When the Spanish conquerors
arrived in America in the 15th
century, they were terrified by
the pagan practices of the
Indians, and in an attempt to
 convert Native Americans to
Catholicism they moved the
festival towards dates in the
beginning of November to
coincide with the Catholic
holidays of All Saints and All
Souls Day.

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Describe celebraciones con la estructura y el vocabulario requeridos.