ALL ABOUT THE

DAY OF THE

DEATH
 CONTENT

What is it?
How is celebrate it?
When is celebrate it?
Where is celebrate it?
What is the Day of the death?
WHAT IS THE DAY OF THE DEATH?

THE TRADITION OF THE DAY OF THE DEAD

DATES BACK TO PRE-HISPANIC TIMES,
HOWEVER IT HAS EVOLVED AS IT ADOPTED
CATHOLIC CUSTOMS.

IN MEXICO IS CELEBRATED TO REMEMBER ALL

THE DECEASED, AN IMPORTANT ENCOUNTER
WITH OUR ANCESTORS. COLORFUL ALTARS ARE
CREATED WITH CANDLES AND FLOWERS
 MEXICAN CULTURE
CELEBRATES THE DEATH AND
CONSIDER IT PART OF THE
CICLE OF LIFE AND SEE IT AS
SOMETHING POSITIVE
HOW IS CELEBRATE IT THE ALL SOUL´S DAY?
ONE OF THE MAIN FOCUSES OF THE
CELEBRATION ARE THE ALTARS TO THE DEAD,
IN THE PRE-HISPANIC ERA, THE ALTARS OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE
DEAD WERE FOR THE DEITIES,
ALTAR

PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DECEASED

CANDLE: THE FLAME IS INTENDED TO
DIRECT SOULS TO THE WORLD OF THE
LIVING.
PAN DE MUERTO: SYMBOLIZES THE
WATER: REPRESENTS THE ENTRANCE TO
SKELETON OF THE DECEASED,
THE UNDERWORLD
CEMPASUCHIL FLOWER: IT FACILITATES
CANDY SKULL
THE PATH TO REACH OUR WORLD
 WHEN IS CELEBRATE THE
DAY OF THE DEATH?

On November
MICTLANTECUHTLI, THE LORD OF THE
DEAD HAS ITS CELEBRATION IN

& NOVEMBER, WITH THE 1ST AND 2ND BEING

THE MAIN DATES FOR THE CELEBRATION.
 WHERE IS CELEBRATE IT?
5 PRINCIPAL PLACES IN
THE COUNTRY
Mexico City
Campeche

Michoacán

Oaxaca
Puebla
THE CATRINA
 WHAT IS THE CATRINA?
An internationally famous female figure, she
is related to the Day of the Dead because
she has been used in recent times as an
icon of death.

TODAY, IT IS PART OF THE TRADITION IN THE

Its origin dates back to 1910 and was
MEXICAN PEOPLE TO DRESS UP AS CATRINA TO
created by José Guadalupe Posada, a
CELEBRATE THE DAY OF THE DEAD
Mexican cartoonist. It is a critique of social
classicism and chickpea sellers of indigenous
origin who wanted to appear rich.
 THE DAY OF THE DEAD IS A BIG
CELEBRATION FOR MEXICANS, FULL
OF CANDY, COLORS, DANCE AND
CONVIVIALITY, ALLOWING THE
MEXICAN PEOPLE TO REUNITE NOT
ONLY WITH THEIR ANCESTORS AND
DECEASES, BUT ALSO WITH THE
LIVING.
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATENTION