Dia De Los Muertos Speech

Villalba states that, the celebration begins as early as midnight on October 31 because they believe that the gates of heaven open and the deceased children are welcomed back to earth for 24 hours to celebrate with their families. The following day, 2nd of November, “adults come down to enjoy the festivities” (Villalba). Within those two days, there are many expenses and lot of planning for families who celebrate this holiday. They begin with going to the cemeteries where they clean and decorate the tombs of their deceased members. Families then create beautiful ofrendas at their homes, which are alters, with some of the most important decorations such as bright colored marigolds, pan de muerto (bread of the dead), white candles, candy skulls, calacas (skeleton figures), a portrait of the loved one, with a few of their favorite dishes and drinks, and burning copal. “The white candles are lighted up so that the deceased can see their family members around the tomb” (The Day of the Dead in Mexico,2005). These alters require the most expenses, sometimes people even spend months’ worth of savings for this specific date because they believe their posada should be resplendent, just as their beloved ones would want. To end the day, families return to the cemeteries to gather around the tomb of their loved one where

As a little girl, I learned a lot about my Mexican heritage. I even joined my parents in their dance group and still involved in it today. Over the years it’s been so fun, and it helped me learn a lot about different Mexican counties. Who would've thought that I would learn so much just by dancing. I know it sounds crazy, but it’s the truth. Also being a little girl I learned about “Day Of The Dead” which in Spanish is called “dia de los muertos” which is a two day celebration. The day’s in which this takes place is September 1 and 2nd. September 1st we honor the children and September 2nd we honor the adults. When I was little I never fully understood why we celebrated people deaths. I always thought when someone dies we show our respects and grief about it, but throwing a whole

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Death, and the skeleton represented as Death, is seen in a much different way by the Mexicans than by most other cultures. It is seen in a mocking, cheerful light. A symbol that can be as playful as it is serious, it appears everywhere during dia de muertos as wood, paper mache, sugar, and plastic.

Halloween is praised on October 31 in a few nations. It has its roots in agnostic festivals for the end of the harvest season, different celebrations of the dead. Day of the Dead (or Dia de los Muertos) is a Mexican occasion, additionally celebrated in parts of Latin America and the U.S., to recall and appeal to God for family and companions who have kicked the bucket. It is on November 1.The Latin American festival Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is praised amid the same time period as Halloween. Both occasions are focused on conventions established in recognizing the perished. Albeit for the most part diverse, a couple of attributes of both occasions make them comparable - clarifying why disarray between the two exist. Halloween and Day of the Dead are both celebrated between people who are in the Christianity culture.

In Mexico, Dia de los Muertos is a celebration to honor the dead. This holiday was made for people struggle with losing loved ones, and celebrating it was found to be a good way to help them cope. Families can be seen in the cemetery bringing festive gifts to memorialize lost members.

Quinceanera is one of the most meaningful and beautiful occasions in Mexican culture. It embarks the celebration of girl’s fifteen birthday that is anticipated with much happiness and enjoyment. It is a celebration of womanhood means she is fully ready to take on her responsibilities and is of marriageable age. The ceremony is celebrated with zest and zeal by the parents.

Cinco de Mayo means the fifth of May. It is not an independence day for Mexico like most unknowledgeable people think. Mexican Independence Day is celebrated on the 15th of September. Mexico declared independence from Spain on the 24th of August 1821. Cinco de Mayo is not an American holiday either. Mexico and the United States savor this holiday because it is the day where Mexican peasants/ commoners defeated the French and Mexican traitor army that double them in size in Puebla, Mexico one hundred miles away from Mexico city on the 5th of May, 1862.

Day of the Asleep is a Mexican break that is commended on October 31 - November 2 of every year.

2) Support (Evidence) The celebration takes place at midnight on October 31st and goes on through November 1st and November 2nd. It is designed to honor the dead souls who, it is believed, return to their earthly homes on Halloween. Many families construct an altar to the dead in their homes to honor deceased relatives and decorate it with flowers, favorite foods and drinks of the departed (Markello). Some other decor are the widely known sugar skulls which represent the celebration of life and death. They can all be made differently in colorful and creative design combinations to personalize the skulls after the person they are made for. The intent of all this is to encourage visits by the souls, so the souls will provide protection, good luck, and wisdom to their families.

Day of the Dead is a festive and creative holiday with many

The day of the dead is a holiday that Mexicans celebrate for the loved ones that are dead. It might sound weird that they celebrate the dead, but they actually celebrate it because they know that their loved ones are still there with them

Días de Muertos, or Days of the Dead as it is known in Anglo Saxon countries, is a national holiday in Mexico that allows families to honor their deceased loved ones through a tradition that dates back to pre-colonial Mexico [2]. The holiday is tied so much to Mexican culture that it is also celebrated outside Mexico in regions with strong Mexican heritage ties such as the U.S. [1]. The dead are honored from October 31 - November 2nd with celebration and care over their resting place. October 31 is typically reserved for infants and children who have died and are now known as angelitos (little angels). On November 1st and 2nd Mexico observe its version of the Roman Catholic holidays All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days respectively

Day of the Dead” is a tradition carried out in Mexico and through out all of South America. On November 1 it is day of the innocents and on November 2 it is day of souls. La Catrina is a symbol which represents Day of the Dead. La Catrina is a female skeleton dressed in elegant European style clothes. She was originally called La Calavera Garbancera and created sometime between 1910 and 1913.

Halloween and the Day of the Dead are celebrated differently in the following ways. One way these holidays are different is the date on which they are celebrated. Halloween is celebrated on the 31st of October while the Day of the Dead is celebrated on the 1st and 2nd of November. They are also different because Halloween is celebrated by children dressing up in costumes and going door to door saying “trick or treat” in hopes that they get candy. This is different from the Day of the Dead where the event is celebrated by Mexicans to honor their dead ancestors by going to their graves, offering them food and drinks, and having a party. Another difference in how they are celebrated is that during Halloween, children have the evening on October 31 to “trick or treat” around their neighborhood for candy. This is different from the Day of the Dead, where people spend the days of November 1st and 2nd cleaning and decorating their loved ones’ graves and preparing all kinds of foods and drinks to have a party/celebration in the evening with their loved ones at el panteón, or in other words the cemetery. The similarity between the holidays is that they are both a joyful and social event for those who participate.