DAY OF

THE
DEAD IN
MEXICO

Barrón Martínez Isaac Israel

León Quintanar Demian Issmael
Parra Bello Carlos Enrique
La Ofrenda: an altar of remembrance

Local families will plan for Day of the Dead

celebrations days, weeks, or perhaps even a whole
year in advance. A focal point of the remembrance
ritual is families creating ofrendas ,altars with
offerings to the deceased, which are setup in homes
or public spaces like parks or plazas, and also at local
cemeteries where family members are buried.

Pan de Muerto
One of the culinary highlights of
the season is Pan de Muerto.
Bread of the Dead, which is a
semi-sweet sugar-dusted bread
made from eggs and infused
with natural citrus fruit flavors.
It’s traditionally taken with hot
chocolate that has been mixed
with cinnamon and whisked.
 Calaverita literaria: poems to
remember the dead

One of the traditions that

accompany the Day of the Dead in
Mexico, are the famous literary
skulls, which are short and
humorous poems that pose
imaginary situations and the
encounter of a character with death.
This popular genre is intended to
remind people that we will all die
one day, however, they use humor
and love in their verses.
 Marigold flowers

In Mexico, the Day of the Dead is one

of the most important celebrations as
the dead are honored with altars and
visits to cemeteries, November 1st
and 2nd are days when we can
appreciate the most intense color and
smell of the cempasúchil flower,
according to tradition this flower is
used to make a path from the
entrance to the altar of the homes to
guide the souls to the altars; since
pre-Hispanic times it is considered a
symbol of life and death.


Identification and references

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