DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

MATTHIAS TITUS 
1R
TEACHER: MISS LAURELLE LALL
ORIGINS
EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS IS A HOLIDAY
THAT SPANISH INVADERS BROUGHT TO
MEXICO STARTING IN THE EARLY 1500S.

ROUGHLY 3000 YEARS AGO, AMONGST THE

AZTEC, TOLTEC AND MAYANS, DEATH WAS
SEEN BE  AS A NATURAL PART OF LIFE THAT
SHOULD BE HONORED AND CELEBRATED,
RATHER THAN MOURNED.
WHEN IS IT USUALLY
CELEBRATED?

• THE DAY OF THE DEAD(ENGLISH FOR DIA DE

LOS MUERTOS) IS CELEBRATED 
TRADITIONALLY ON NOVEMBER 2ND.
WHAT DOES IT
CELEBRATE?
• THE DAY OF THE DEAD IS A DAY
DEDICATED TO HONORING THE LIVES
OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED.
ADDITIONALLY, IT IS A TRADITION
THAT TEACHES CHILDREN TO NOT BE
AFRAID OF DEATH. IT IS BELIEVED
THAT THE SOULS OF THE DEAD
RETURN TO VISIT THEIR LIVING
FAMILY MEMBERS.
WHAT IS THE
SIGNIFICANCE?
• THE DAY OF THE
DEAD SIGNIFIES THE
CELEBRATION OF
THE LIFE OF LOST
LOVED ONES. IT
ALSO SIGNIFIES THE
PRAYER AND
REMEMBRANCE OF
FRIENDS AND
FAMILY.
IN WHICH COUNTRIES IS IT CELEBRATED?

Countries which
celebrate the Day Mexico Ecuador Guatemala El Salvador Philippines
of the Dead are:

Costa Rica Brazil Bolivia Spain India Peru

Paraguay Uruguay Honduras Cuba Columbia

CELEBRATIONS IN MEXICO
CELEBRATIONS IN ECUADOR
CELEBRATIONS IN PHILIPPINES
CELEBRATIONS IN GUATEMALA
HOW IS IT CELEBRATED

• THE DAY OF THE DEAD IS TYPICALLY

CELEBRATED BY FAMILIES VISITING THE
BURIAL SITES OF THEIR DECEASED FAMILY
MEMBERS TO SPEAK WITH THEM AND
THANK THEM FOR VISITING. THE SPIRITS
OF THE DECEASED WILL THEN REMAIN
WITH THE FAMILY TO ENJOY A DAY OF
FEASTING AND MERRIMENT. DANCING,
PARADES IN CITES AND CELEBRATIONS IN
SOME GRAVEYARDS ARE ALSO HELD.
 Some popular symbols associated with the
Day of the Dead are:
Calaveras(skulls)
WHAT ARE
SOME
Marigolds
POPULAR
SYMBOLS
ASSOCIATED? Pan de Muerto(bread of the dead)

Calacas(skeletons)
CALAVERAS(SKULLS)
MARIGOLDS
PAN DE MUERTO(BREAD OF THE DEAD)
CALACAS(SKELETONS)
EL FIN