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Complete the text with the words below.

bread
• chocolate • 
ulls • dead
• special • sk

Dia de los Muertos or ‘Day of the Dead’ is a

1) ______________ day that people in Mexico celebrate.
It takes place on 1st and 2nd November every year.
People believe that on this day, the 2)  ____________
come back to visit their families and friends. People
dress up, hold parties and also prepare an ofrenda - a
special table for the dead. On the ofrenda, they put
photographs, decorations like sugar 3)  ____________
and flowers, food and drinks. People also like to make
pan de muerto on this day. This is a special type of
sweet 4)  ____________ with spices Mexicans eat with
a cup of delicious Mexican hot 5)  ____________ or
coffee.

2 Put the instructions (A-E) into the correct order.

You need:
• 6 cups white sugar • skull moulds
• 1/4 cup meringue • royal icing in different
powder colours

(makes 4 medium 3D skulls) • 1/3 cup water • colourful foil/glitter

(optional)
Sugar skulls are a type of decoration that people
put on their ofrenda to remember a person who died.
Some people also give them to others as a special gift.

A Then, use a little royal icing to stick the two dried halves of
the sugar skull together.
B First, mix the sugar and meringue powder with water.
C After the sugar mixture is dry, remove it from the two
moulds carefully.
D Then, press the white sugar mixture into the two halves of
the skull mould.
E Finally, decorate your sugar skulls with royal icing, foil and
glitter. You can add a name, too.

3 ICT Collect information about other traditions on Dia de los Muertos and prepare a presentation.

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