EL DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
S.Ramsey
Massey High School 2004
El Día de los Muertos is
a Mexican festival.
The first of November is
el Día de los Santos
Inocentes (Holy
Innocents) or Día de los
Angelitos (the Little
Angels).
The second of
November is el Día de
los Adultos Muertos
(Dead Adults).
They clean the tombs in the cemeteries.
They buy bunches of marigolds which are
called ‘cempazúchitl’ in Mexico.
They decorate the tombs with the
orange flowers.
The cemeteries are made beautiful in
honour of the dead.
They set up altars in their homes.
They put a lot of things on the altars.
These are to remember the dead person
and also to lease him or her when
his/her spirit comes to the house.
On the altars you will see…
comida
velas
bebida
flores
And also…
fotos
incienso
calaveras
papel picado
Skulls are made from sugar and decorated.
They also make ‘pan (bread) de muerto’.
Pan de muerto
There are processions in the streets.
They decorate skeletons.
‘Esqueletos’
El Día de los Muertos is a mixture of
Christian and an Aztec traditions.