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"Day of the Dead" is the English translation of the Spanish term "Día de los Muertos." The name reflects the central focus and purpose of the holiday, which is to honor and remember the dead ...
Andrade, Mary J. Day of the Dead A Passion for Life – Día de los Muertos Pasión por la Vida. La Oferta Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9791624-04; Anguiano, Mariana, et al. Las tradiciones de Día de Muertos en México. Mexico City 1987. Brandes, Stanley (1997). "Sugar, Colonialism, and Death: On the Origins of Mexico's Day of the Dead".
Día de los Muertos, known in English as Day of the Dead, is a time-honored tradition in Mexico with origins that go back thousands of years. Día de los Muertos, known in English as Day of the ...
The history of Day of the Dead. The tradition of Day of the Dead originated in Mexico, with the celebrations combining Aztec rituals with Catholicism brought to the region by Spanish conquistadors
[citation needed] The dead were also honoured at Samhain. The beginning of winter may have been seen as the most fitting time to do so, as it was a time of 'dying' in nature. The souls of the dead were thought to revisit their homes seeking hospitality. Places were set at the dinner table and by the fire to welcome them. [citation needed]
A popular phrase among Mexicans and those Latinos that personally know someone is "se lo (la) llevó la Calaca" after someone has died, literally meaning "the Calaca took him (her)" or "death took him (her)". In Guatemala, "Calaca" is understood as "death". The figure of a bare skeleton represents death and implies fear of death.
The origins of Day of the Dead date back to the peak of the Mayan empire in what is now present day Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, and southern Mexico.
Catrina is the most famous figure associated with the Day of the Dead. [4] [9] During Day of the Dead, skulls and skeletons are created from many materials such as wood, sugar paste, nuts, chocolate, etc. [9] When sugar skulls are purchased or given as gifts, the name of the deceased is often written with icing across the forehead of the skull ...