Día de los Muertos Español II. ¿Qué es?  Día de los Muertos is a holiday that honors the dead.  It takes place on November 2 nd and it is celebrated.

Presentación del tema: "Día de los Muertos Español II. ¿Qué es?  Día de los Muertos is a holiday that honors the dead.  It takes place on November 2 nd and it is celebrated."— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 Día de los Muertos Español II

2 ¿Qué es?  Día de los Muertos is a holiday that honors the dead.  It takes place on November 2 nd and it is celebrated in Mexico and parts of Central America and the United States.  It is the day dedicated to honor and remember ones dead relatives or loved ones.

3 ¿Por qué es celebrado?  Before the Spanish conquerors arrived in Mexico, the Aztecs had a ritual to celebrate death.  The Aztecs believed that death was a continuation of life.  Instead of fearing death, the Aztecs embraced it.

4  In the Spanish attempt to convert the Aztecs to Catholicism, the Spanish tried to abolish this ritual because they believed it was sacrilegious.  However, the Spanish attempt was unsuccessful and instead opted to combine the catholic holiday All Saints Day (nov. 1) and Día de los Muertos (Nov. 2).

5 ¿Cómo es celebrado?  Día de los muertos is celebrated in different ways:

6  Some build ofrendas in their homes. The ofrendas are decorated with various objects such as:  pictures of the deceased  cempazúchil flowers

7  velas  Calaveras made of sugar

8  pan de muerto  and papel picado  Along with favorite items of the deceased such as food and drinks.

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14  Other celebrate it by attending mass then going to the cemeterio and creating ofrendas in the person’s gravesite with the same items: cempazúchil flowers, velas, Calaveras, pan de muerto, papel picado, and favorite items of the deceased.

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