Hallowen

vs
Day of the Dead
Which would you choose?

Emiliano Garcia
Ximena Luengas
Introduction

The reason for this presentation is to

know the two celebrations we want to

see the differences that these customs

have and in general the

ideologies of these

two countries such as England and Mexico

We will be comparing Halloween in

England and Day of the Dead in Mexico

Comparative Chart

England Mexico
Halloween is celebrated the night of
Mesoamerican ethnic groups worshiped

31st October. Celebrations generally

death. Among them was the Mexica whose

involve groups of dressed in scary gods in charge of defining the destiny of the

Culture or History
costumes roaming from house to
souls were Mictecacíhuatl and

house, demanding “trick-or-treat”. Mictlantecuhtli.

It's traditional for people to dress up at

1 is All Saints' Day and 2 is All Souls' Day.

Tradicions

Halloween. In the past this wasn't done just

for fun, it was thought that the costume

People pray and in some areas of the

country they spend the night in cemeteries.

would confuse any evil spirits .

During that date, the streets, houses,

Indispensable must be images of the

Costumes

commercial, etc., are decorated with images

deceased, crosses, copal, chopped paper,

alluding to Halloween, such as pumpkins,

candles, water, flowers, food, bread, skulls

ghosts, witches. and drinks to taste of the deceased.

Decorate Your Home, Design Your Own

Way of celebrating Costume, Bake Some Spooky Treats

decorate with cempasuchil flowers,

chopped paper, sugar skulls, bread of the

Share Scary Stories, dead

Egg noodles, chicken strips, blueberry

Tamales,Pan de Muerto( Bread of dead),
Food

juice, apple, orange and grape, among

Stew, Pumpkin candy, mole

other dishes.

Mexicans express it in a fun way through

Others

One of the favorite desserts for this

date is pumpkin breads.

small rhymes called “calaveritas”

Conclusión

our opinion on this is that we can learn about the

customs and ideologies that one country has from

another about the Day of the Dead and Halloween

and that we can even teach

about our culture to

other countries and learn

about those countries

and thus enrich our customs as well there are not

many things in common between Mexico and England

but this could make our knowledge about the

world grow
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