los días de los muertos honoring the ancestors: an hispanic tradition
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Los Días de los Muertos
Honoring the Ancestors:An Hispanic Tradition
Los Días de los Muertos
Celebration honoring deceased ancestors
Celebrated from October 31st to November 2nd
Mixture of Hispanic Christian and ancient Native American traditions
Similar to, yet very different from, Halloween
History of Día de los Muertos
European Catholic traditions honored All Saints’ Day – November 1st and All Souls’ Day - November 2nd
In Ancient native American traditions the end of harvest & autumn signaled
a time for reflection & winter dormancy
Halloween vs Día de los Muertos
• Spooky & Scary
• Ghosts & Goblins
• Costumes & Masks
• Trick or Treat Candy
• Reverent & Respectful
• Altars & Flowers
• Photographs
• Favorite Foods / Drinks
The Latins honor the ancestors….• ……by celebrating their lives
Who were they in their life? What did they like to do, to eat, to drink? Sing? Dance? What did they love? What made them laugh?
How would they like to be remembered?
How is it celebrated?• Home is cleaned &
prepared for these very special guests
• Ofrenda is constructed• Cemetery tombstone is
cleaned & decorated• Food , flowers and
drink are purchased and displayed along with photos and favorite items
COMIDA FAVORITA
(favorite food)
VELAS
(candles)
COPAL
(Incense)
BEBIDAS
(drinks)
CALACAS
(skeletons)
OFRENDAS
(offerings)
FOTOS
(photographs)
PAPEL PICADO
(tissue paper)
FLORES
(flowers)
PAN de los MUERTOS
(bread of the dead)
El CEMENTARIO
(the cemetery)
DULCES
(sweets)
CALAVERAS
(whimsical skeletons)
MOLE
(chocolaty sauce)
MÁSCARAS
(masks)
AGUA
(water)
MUÑECAS
(dolls)
COSAS FAVORITAS
(favorite things)
ADORNOS
(decorations)
MUSICA
(music)
Vocabulario
La Ofrenda• Fresh fruit• Favorite foods• Incense• Flowers• Illumination• Familiar tokens• Photographs... all add to
the sensation
La Ofrenda• Las velas• Los dulces• Las bebidas• La comida• Las frutas• El agua• Las flores• El sal• El pan de
los muertos• La calavera
El altar
Las Calaveras de Azucar
El Panteon
En el Mercado
• Las calaveras
• El pan de muertos
• La flores
• Las frutas
• Las velas
• El copal
En el Cementario
• La familia y• Los parientes• Las velas• Las flores• La música• Toda la noche
En el CementarioAll the family
members join in
preparing for the vigil in
the cemetery
La Calavera
•
Las Calacas
• • Whimsical figurines• Depicting people as
they once were in life
• Joking, laughing, being “human”
• Happy, everyday scenes
Una Ofrenda
What have you learned? How is Day of the Dead different
from Halloween?
How do you honor your ancestors?
How would you remember a family member or friend who has died?