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Day of the Dead 120 AB Morning shift
 what is the day of the
deads?
MEXICO CITY - The Day of the Dead, which is celebrated on November 1 and 2, is one of the most
significant Mexican traditions, where the living prepare to receive their dead and live with them.
These are some points to understand this festival, considered since 2003 by UNESCO as oral and
intangible heritage of humanity.

WHEN WAS TRADITION BORN?

The origins of this tradition predate the arrival of the Spanish.

For ancient Mexicans, death was the beginning of a journey to Mictlán, that is, the kingdom of the
dead or the underworld and did not have the moral connotation of the Catholic religion, in which
the idea of ​hell or paradise means punishment or reward. The ancient Mexicans believed that the
destiny of the soul of the deceased was determined by the type of death he had had and his
behavior in life.

During pre-Hispanic times, this festival was commemorated in the ninth month of the solar calendar,
which began in August and lasted 30 days.

With the arrival of the Spanish, the party became mestizo and added new Catholic elements and
meanings. The flower cross is the most significant of these elements.
WHAT IS REMEMBERED ON YOUR DIFFERENT DAYS?

WHAT IS REMEMBERED ON YOUR DIFFERENT DAYS?

Between November 1 and 2, this celebration takes place.

The 1st is All Saints 'Day and the 2nd is All Souls' Day. They pray and in some
areas of the country they spend the night in the pantheons. At the end of the
celebration, all the dishes and drinks of the offering are tasted.
There are those who start the festivities on October 28, when they remember
those who lost their lives in a violent way. While on October 30 and 31 children
are honored, especially those who died without being baptized.

The altar of the dead is a fundamental element in this celebration. It is believed

that the spirit of their deceased returns from the world of the dead to live with
the family that day and taste the food of the offering.

On a social level, Mexicans express it in a fun way through small rhymes called
"calaveritas" where they mockingly speak of various characters and their death.
 the prehispanic gods and the
pandemic
WHAT OTHER CHARACTERS CAN BE SEEN ON THESE DATES?
In addition to the dead and the gods, another of the common characters is the dog,
who according to tradition helped in Mictlán to find the dead the way to their final
destination.

In the 20th century, the catrina, the skull woman created by the engraver José
Guadalupe Posada, and the alebrijes, a craft made of cardboard and with vibrant
colors that represent fantastic animals, were added.
HOW DID THE PANDEMIC AFFECT THE DAY OF THE DEAD?
In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic forced this holiday to be carried out in a hybrid
way, because while in some states the pantheons were kept open, in others visits
to cemeteries were suspended or the number of attendees was restricted.

Most Mexicans assembled their offerings at home to receive their dead.

This year, with 29 of 32 entities on low-risk traffic lights, cemeteries are expected
to have the same influx before COVID-19.
 Despite the fact that Mexico is strongly influenced by American culture, the Day of the Dead
holiday has endured and coexisted with the celebration of Halloween.

At first it was thought that they were not related, because Halloween was a pagan festival
and the Day of the Dead a day doomed to nostalgia, to those who are not. That is why before
it was reproached that one celebration supplanted another.

However, globalization and the cinema - with films like "Specter" and "Coco" - have managed
to re-signify the Day of the Dead and today cultural elements of both festivities are mixed.

IS RELATED TO HALLOWEEN?
to say goodbye next a literary skull

The day of the exam came, the students trembled with fear, the
bony one took the teacher because they all failed
Llegó el día del examen, los alumnos temblaron de miedo, el
huesudo se llevó al maestro porque todos reprobaron
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