Muertos (The Day of the Dead) is celebrated in Mexico on November 2nd. The Day of

the Dead is one of Mexico's traditional holidays reuniting and honoring beloved ancestors,

To begin, the historical roots of this celebration date back to the pre-Hispanic

cultures of Meso-America of the indigenous people, especially the Nahua (Aztecs,

Mayans, Toltecas, Tlaxcaltec, Chichimec, Tecpanec) and others native to Mexico more

than 3,000 years ago. Life was seen as a dream. It was believed that only in dying, a

human being was truly awake. Death was not a mysterious and fearful presence but a

realistic recognizable character as much a part of life as life itself. When Christianity was

introduced in the 16th century, religion and its symbols became part of the altars we now

find in Mexico today. November 1st, All Saints Day, is when

include toys, candy and other sweets. I think that building alters for the dead is a good

dead. No matter what kind of a person was, everyone leaves behind a legend. Some

pop-up skeletons, and of course, the sugar skull or "calavera." The skulls are made by

fortune to the living. It is a time to come to terms with our mortality and become aware of

pouring a mixture of boiling water, confectioner's sugar and lime into clay molds, which

and lighting candles. Mexican families construct special home altars dedicated to the

cycle of life and death. The Day of the Dead is a day for honoring are beloved ones.

often exchange named skulls with their friends. I think that the skeleton represents the

forever. Ofrendas often include "papel picado" or Mexican cut-paper. Papel picado has a

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