Día de los Muertos

By: Sydney and Lucas aka Pablo

Who

• Mexicans• Families of deceased• Dead family members

What

• Day of the Dead is a celebration of death • Three days long• They welcome the dead

What

• First Day

• Prepare Food

• Start Decorating

• Build Alters

What

• Second Day

• Remember children

• Do rituals

• The children are remember as “Little Angels”

What

• Third Day

• Adults are remembered

• Prepare their favorite food and lay it on grave

• Celebrate in the cemetery

When

• First 2 days in November• Starts on Halloween• All day for the 3 days

Where

• Celebrated in Mexico• Cemeteries• Inside their homes• Churches• Market Places

Why

• To remember the dead• Celebrate death• Have fun • Eat food• Fiesta

How

• Make alters

• Prepare food

• Decorate graves

• Worship in churches

• Purchase flowers

Comparison

Day of the Dead Halloween

Happy Skulls Scary Skulls

Sugar skulls Pumpkins

Three days long One day long

Offerings Graveyards

Alters Haunted houses

Little Angels Monsters

Pan de muerto Black

Credits

• http://www.google.com/imgres • http://obit-mag.com/articles/a-day-for-skeletons-

and-skulls

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/76578669@N00/2234961531/

• http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-illustration-7237963-day-of-the-dead-celebration-sugar-skull.php

• http://www.geomorph.org/sp/arch/mx03/mexpar.html