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Dia de los muertos

Dia de los muertos. HOLIDAY. Celebrated. The celebration takes place on October 31, November 1 and November 2, in connection with the Christian triduum of Hallowmas: All Hallows’ Eve, All Saints’ Days and All Souls ’Day . Celebrated by Central America. Origins.

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Dia de los muertos

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  1. Dia de los muertos HOLIDAY

  2. Celebrated • The celebration takes place on October 31, November 1 and November 2, in connection with the Christian triduum of Hallowmas: All Hallows’ Eve, All Saints’ Days and All Souls ’Day. • Celebrated by Central America.

  3. Origins • Dia de los muertos is a ‘Mexican’ holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures. • Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars called ‘ ofrendas ’ honoring the deceased using ‘sugar skulls ’, `marigolds ’, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts. • The origins of the modern Mexican holiday to indigenous observances dating back hundreds of years (as long as 2,500–3,000 years.)

  4. Also Know as.. • Dia de los difuntos.

  5. Current meaning • Remembering & celebrating the lives of the dead

  6. Related Activities • Building altars with memorabillia of dead loved ones,eating with family and visiting graves.

  7. Symbols • Sugar skull & La catrina

  8. Colors • Pink,Purple and Orange are the color that symbolizes ‘Dia de los Muertos in Central America’

  9. Food The journey to the afterlife is a long, thirsty and cold one; atole, a hot, thick, gruel-like drink made from maize, gives the souls of the dead warmth, energy and respite from thirst. • Atole

  10. Pan de Muerto The most common culinary representation of the Day of the Dead is an eggy, brioche-like bread, often topped with sugar. It may be round with a skull and crossbones in dough on top, or shaped like a skull, but no matter what shape it is, it wouldn't be Día de los Muertos without it.

  11. Candied pumpkin Called calabaza en tacha, candied pumpkin is made from sugar pumpkins grown almost expressly for this use. Slices of pumpkin are cooked in a syrup made from piloncillo (raw, unrefined sugar) and allowed to cool.

  12. Mole The whole point of an ofrenda (altar offering) is to show the dead that you care enough to give them the very best. Mole, which contains anywhere from 20 to 50 ingredients, is representative of this. Since the dead only require a small portion, the living must finish the dish in order not to waste the food.

  13. Tamales Along the same lines as mole, tamales appear as an example of the living's willingness to go to great and laborious lengths to honor the dead. Tamales are simple things, in terms of ingredients, but require a great deal of labor to put together: call it practice for Navidad

  14. Presented by: • Alexander Rivas • Eveline Sandoval

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