Dia De Los Muertos

Day Of The Dead

 Dia de los muertos translates to Day of the dead.

It was created about 500 years ago and is
celebrated in Mexico.
It is celebrated November 1st and 2nd.
It is believed the kids who are deads spirits
come back to life the first and the adults the
second.

Facts on Its History

It is believed that the souls never died when people did but they went to
Mictln Or a place for them to rest.
Believed that the returning monarch butterflies bear the spirits of the
departed.
The Aztecs and other Mesoamerican civilizations kept sugar skulls in
memory of the person.
Every year in mexico people prepare for day of the dead right before the
end of october.

Facts on Traditions

sugar skulls
altars
candles
flowers
favorite foods
Pan de muerto
statue of saints
water
Decorated graves
Calacas-hand made skeleton figures used to show an active joyful afterlife.

Oaxaca

Safest mexican tourist site

Big da de los muertos celebration
Most visited site
Interesting burial sites some from about 50,000 years ago.
Its so big they prepare weeks before day of the dead.
Parades to celebrate on each street

Janitzio

lots of street parties

party until morning bells ring
neal at altars
sing praises
People try to be silent during the night at the altar
people kneel before the cross and pray after the bells

Food

Pan de muerto
Atole
Sugar skulls
Chocolate coffins
Calabaza en tacha
Mole verde
Chicken tamales
Chalupa
Blue corn enchiladas
Horchata

Community Celebrations

Parades
concerts
meeting at town square like places to have parties
dancing
going out with neighbors to town squares for the community.
dancing
parties
community altars

Family Celebrations

families celebrate and remember their lost loved ones

they made pan de muerto
They make sugar skulls
They make altars
They put flowers on altars for decoration
Makes guatemalan worry dolls to release anxiety
Visit the graves of their loved ones.
families make ofrendas

Ofrenda
A ofrenda is a memorial built to honor the dead.
An Ofrenda has a bunch of things that the person like in
their lifetime in it.
You put the persons picture on there too. You also put
some food and other things on it.
Alot of people put a type of flower called the Zempasucil
which is a large marigold, they call the flower of death.
For each deceased member of the family you light a
candle.
They create these ofrendas also to welcome back the
dead when they return to visit their loved ones.

Child Ofrendas

White flowers
Favorite toys
Wax candles
Lamp of oil with higuerilla
White or yellow crepe paper
Candies
Colored sand in the form of a honored saint
Colored corn

Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna

Born February 21, 1794, in Jalapa, Vera Cruz.

He died a very sad and unhappy man
Was appointed the mexican president in 1833.
Exiled from Mexico, but allowed to return a few years before his death.
first wound was an indian bow and arrow in his left arm or hand
limited schooling
Almost won the spanish vs. american war.
Two wives and five children.
His left leg was severed off and he had a ceremony for it.

Work Cited
History of the Day of the Dead
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/articles/dead-history.html#ixzz2hi5wCRxu
http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/support/dodhistory.html
http://www.inside-mexico.com/featuredead.htm
http://www.ladayofthedead.com/history.html
Traditions-decorations
http://www.celebrate-day-of-the-dead.com/day-of-the-dead-traditions.html
http://www.holidays.net/dayofthedead/customs.htm
http://ilovesugarskulls.com/about/about-dia-de-los-muertos
http://www.ladayofthedead.com/history.html
Family celebrations (what do families do?)
http://hamptonroads.com/events/details/61970
http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=121231
http://www.lrgp.org/dia-de-los-muertos.html
http://ilovesugarskulls.com/about/about-dia-de-los-muertos

Work Cited continued

Community Celebrations (what do towns or cities do?)
http://suziesfarm.com/community/dia-de-los-muertos/
http://www.sfsymphony.org/dia
http://chinati.org/programs/dia-de-los-muertos-community-celebration
http://www.riversideca.gov/museum/day-of-the-dead.asp
Oaxaca
http://www.visitmexico.com/en/oaxaca
http://www.oaxacalive.com/muertos.htm
http://oaxacaculture.com/2011/05/dia-de-los-muertos-day-of-the-dead-in-oaxaca-mexico-history-and-traditions/
http://www.mocadventures.com/muertos.php
Janitzio
http://www.inside-mexico.com/janitzio.htm
http://uruapanmich.com/MUERTOS2.HTM
http://patzcuaro.pagesperso-orange.fr/mx/07/mx/07janm01.htm
http://proton.ucting.udg.mx/festivos/muertos/tradiciones/
http://viajerosustentable.com/2011/04/07/janitzio/