Name: Santiago Olaya Padilla.

Teacher: María José Rodríguez.

Grade:Seventh.

Instituto Pedagógico para el Desarrollo integral “CREAR”.

Day of Dead
“One time a year, our departed come back to celebrate with us”

The Day of the Dead is a two-day festival that brings together the living and the
dead. Families create offerings to honor their relatives who have passed away. These
altars are decorated with bright yellow marigold flowers, photos of the deceased, and the
favorite foods and drinks of the deceased being honored. Offerings are believed to
encourage visitation from the land of the dead as departed souls hear their prayers, smell
their food, and join in the celebrations being held for them.
The Day of the Dead is a strange holiday to celebrate death and life. It is unlike
any party where mourning is changed to celebration.
The Day of the Dead is a holiday to remember loved ones, where a meal is shared
with them as one would when they were alive.

How people celebrate Day of the Dead

Skull
The Skulls are very important during the Day of the Dead. The skulls are drawn
with a smile as if to laugh at death. Many people do face paint. They make many sugar
skulls that serve as decorations and are placed in the offerings of loved ones.
Flower of Dead- Mexican Marigolds

The Marigolds are believed to be used to show the way spirits lead to their
offerings.
The bright colors and scent of the flower attract departed souls as they return to feast on
their favorite foods.
They are called "Flor de Muerto" and symbolize the beauty and fragility of life.

Offering
The tradition that has the most meaning is the Offering. The Offering is the most
important part of the celebration because it is a collection of offerings dedicated to the
person being honored.

A brightly colored festoon covers the table and above it is a collection of

photographs and items that belonged to the deceased person. In the lower part of the altar
is where the offerings are placed, from traditional Mexican food as elements that represent
the tastes that the honoree had.

It is a day of celebration.

Many people see death as a sad event, but those in Mexico who celebrate the Day
of the Dead see death as a welcome from life.
For this reason you will see brightly colored skeletons and skulls everywhere during the
holidays and you will still see them smiling, as if mocking death.
This way of seeing death began long ago during the month-long Aztec festival
where they celebrated the dead and paid homage to the lady of death, Mictlancíhuatl, who
protected their deceased loved ones and helped them in the afterlife.

Confetti
 There is a beautiful Mexican paper craft, seen many times in Mexican restaurants
in the United States.
The literal translation, perforated paper, perfectly describes how it's done.
Craftsmen stack colored tissue paper in dozens of layers, then pierce the layers
with hammer and chisel points.
Confetti is not used exclusively during the Day of the Dead, but it does play an
important role in the holiday.

Costumes
The Day of the Dead is a highly social festivity that takes place in the streets and
public squares at all hours of the day and night. Ideally, dressing up as skeletons is part of
the fun.
People of all ages artfully paint their faces to resemble skulls and seek to imitate the
Catrina skull, dressing up in costumes.

My personal opinión is this people is more anímate for my since association the dead with
happy and fun, this people take much traditions awesome and interesting, one example for
the association the dead with so funny is the skulls and flor de muerto (symbolyse the
beauty and fragility or life) in the altars and ofrendas ( put diferents dishes in ofrenda).

Bibliography.

https://dayofthedead.holiday/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/top-ten-day-of-dead-mexico