Festivals

                     
                             Day of the Dead

-Mexico

Vocabulary
laughter-risas
skulls-calaveras
 forehead-frente
deceased-difunto
traced back-se remonta
perhaps-aproximadamente

Halloween in Mexico is a different celebration from Halloween in all the other countries.

it's the day of death in Mexico, death brings laughter, and in that celebration, the Mexican people play with death, making people laugh.

The celebration includes jokes, parties, dancing, music, and a lot of food.

Everyone buys candy skulls with the names of the people, family and friends written on the forehead.

The Day of the Dead is a traditional Mexican holiday honoring the dead. 

The Mexican people celebrate the deceased people by making offers of food and drink to these dead.

The Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico can be traced back to a precolumbian past. Rituals celebrating the deaths of ancestors had been observed by these civilizations perhaps for as long as 2,500–3,000 years.

                                                                             



-Catrinas, one of the most popular             

    figures of the Day of the Dead 










                                                                                             


-The people makes ofers to the Dead











-The people go to cementery to honor the deceased