Mostly in Mexico, but also in other Latin American countries, this date became a tradition
He November 2 It is celebrated especially in Mexico on Day of the Dead. On this date, altars, meals are prepared and the streets and cemeteries are decorated to honor deceased friends and relatives. Today it is an emblematic tradition of Mexican culture and UNESCO declared it Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
According to beliefs, the deceased relatives and friends return in spirit to this world to spend a whole day with your loved ones, so it is pleasant to create scenarios and banquets to share with these people who have already become part of the other world.
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What is the origin of the Day of the Dead
This tradition has its origins in native American cultures. It merges the beliefs of the natives with those of the Catholic Spaniards. The cult of death is common among pre-Hispanic cultures. When someone died they were buried and their relatives organized a party in order to guide them on their journey to Mictlán (hell or place of the dead).
It was also the custom of pre-Hispanic peoples to place offerings (food to the taste of the deceased or flowers that illuminated their path, among others). For these cultures, death was part of the cycle of life, and your destiny was marked by the way you had lived in this world.
How the Day of the Dead is celebrated
In Mexicothe Day of the Dead is celebrated for several days, remembering loved ones who, according to beliefs, return to spend time with their friends and family in the world of the living. It begins at the end of October, and November 1 is dedicated to the soul of children. On November 2, the spirit of adults is remembered.
To remember them and receive them in a good way on their return to the earthly world, all kinds of offerings are made, altars with flowers, sugar skulls, chocolate, bread of the dead, water, candles, fruits, wine, and especially all their favorite foods and drinks. of those ancestors who died.
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