The Day of the death:
Every Nov. 1st. and 2nd. Mexico celebrates the Day of the Death.
Nov. 1st. is to celebrate/remember deceased children, and Nov. 2nd. it's when we celebrate/remember adults.
I said celebrate becasue it's tradition to go to the cemetery and decorate the tomb of the loved one, you put it's favorite food and drink, play it's favorite music and stay all night.
Why food and drink? Because it's beleived that on this day they come from heaven to visit their families, so they arrive hungry and thirsty and family likes to welcome them with their favorite food and drink. That day the cemetery is open all night and all day, it's a big celebration with prayers and music.
We also have something called "calaveras" It is considered satirical personage verses popular, that are directed mutually familiar or companions of work. Stores sell sugar skulls with names on their front.
Some are made of chocolate, but the tradition is sugar. People also build altars at their homes if they can't go to the cemetery. Children go outside asking for their "calaverita" (little skull) which means they want candy and/or money, just like trick or treat.
We also eat a bread called "pan de muerto" The Bread of death very delicious!
4 comments:
"Cemetery" not "cementery" unless it's a graveyard for victims of The Mob, who would toss victims in the river wearing "cement shoes"...
What word again? ;) I got confused because we say cemeNterio.
Thanks :D
Hello Medusa
This is Yoppe from Japan....I have aquestion: Are those skulls fake one or ture one? I suppose they are made with plastics or somethings....why they stay allnight there?
Thanks your wonderful blogs
Hi Yoppe!
the skulls are made out of sugar, by hand, they stay all night so when the deseased person comes, he will have a pretty place to stay, with food and water, because he/she comes thirsty/hungry from all the traveling.
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