LET’S VISIT

MEXICO & LEARN

ABOUT THEIR
CULTURE
AND
TRADITIONS

Martinez Martinez Dulce Yamileth______________________

WHY VISIT MEXICO?

why not do it?

It has great places to visit, enormous cultural and historical richness in addition to world
renowned gastronomy.
 U R I S T A T RA CTI O N S
MEXICAN TO
MEXICAN TRADITIONS

Dia de Muertos. Dia de la Independencia.

Mariachis. Lucha Libre.

THE BEAUTY OF THE MEXICAN CULTURE

So many cultures, traditions that

unite us and make us one, make
us Mexicans.
 HOW DAY OF THE DEAD IS CELEBRATED IN MEXICO?

Day of The Dead NAME 5 TRADITIONAL MEXICAN MENTION 5 ITEMS PEOPLE USE TO
DISHES/FOOD DECORATE THE ALTAR (EL ALTAR)
 “LA CATRINA”

“El muerto al pozo y el vivo al gozo”.

“Ya se lo llevo la flaca”.
“No estaba muerto andaba de parranda”.

WHO IS LA CATRINA? MENTION 3 OF THE MOST POPULAR

PHRASES OF LA CATRINA
 LA LLORONA SONG

It is very much
associated with the
legend of La
Llorona, but it is not
entirely for that
legend, however it
is known for it and
for the
interpretations of
multiple singers
who took this song
worldwide.

WHY THIS SONG IS SO POPULAR EXPLAIN TO WHOM IS THIS

IN MEXICO? SONG DEDICATED?
 PAN DE MUERTO

Pan de muerto is a reflection of the fusion between

two worlds, the pre-Hispanic and the Spanish,
between the joy of the Mexican people to celebrate
death and the traditional use of wheat in the
European Catholic world. The circular shape of the
famous bread symbolizes the cycle of life and
death.

WHY IS PAN DE MUERTO SO

SPECIAL IN MEXICO?
WHY ARE CULTURE AND TRADITIONS SO IMPORTANT IN
YOUR COUNTRY?

They motivate societies to create and share a

collective identity, which in turn serves to shape
individual identities.