Day of the Dead feast is celebrated throughout Mexico before and Nov. 2. It 's a great time living in Mexico.
This is not a morbid day, he devotes a happy event, where the deceased relatives are remembered and in family homes where they can build bigger and not so poor families altars for dead relatives, honored, will change with flowers, candles, wood-skull surrounded or Calacas and images of the dead, celebrate, remember the families and eatfavorite foods of this type.
Other families will gather in the cemeteries where they buried their loved ones. The graves are decorated with candles and flowers cempasúchil, orange marigold was the flower that the Aztecs their dead, sometimes the families remember the dead children's toys, and even bottles of tequila or other opportunities for adults taken.
Families and friends will be sitting by the grave stones and eating favorite food such as deadPan de Muerto, and - Feast of the Dead skull-shaped bread and Calabaza en Tacha, a dessert of sweet pumpkin, cinnamon, prepared and piloncillo cones of brown sugar.
Living in Mexico, in different places you can see, this unique cultural celebration has different styles throughout the country. Though celebrations are held throughout the country to celebrate the most colorful in Patzcuaro, Oaxaca, Chiapas and San Andres Mixquic (A small town in Mexico City).
In most places, peopleDance Wear wooden skull masks called Calacas pay tribute and honor to the families and loved ones who have passed, families and sugar skulls in some areas of the country and put the name of the deceased on the forehead of the skull, a friend or family member then eat.
When the Spaniards invaded Mexico, they considered this ritual to be sacrilegious, the Spaniards regarded the death as the end of life, but the Aztecs, Mayas and ancient civilizations in Mexicoembraced the death because it was seen as the continuation of life.
In an attempt of the Spaniards living in Mexico for these people to Catholicism, they tried to kill the ritual, when he saw the celebration as barbaric and pagan how to convert.
But tradition is not dead, it is no coincidence that the day before November killed the famous festival, like this All Saints Day and November 2 is All Souls', maybe it was a compromise.
MakeTake the camera off when out and about this week, will take some photos of the great altar. Enjoy life in Mexico.
