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16 hours ago · Día de Muertos: de dónde viene la especial relación de México con la muerte. La Catrina es un personaje mexicano que representa la muerte. "El culto a la vida, si de verdad es profundo y total ...
1 hour ago · Día de Muertos: de dónde viene la especial relación de México con la muerte. Aunque el Día de Muertos en México se concentra actualmente en el 1 y 2 de noviembre, las celebraciones ...
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In these ceremonies, people build altars in their homes with ofrendas, offerings to their loved ones’ souls. Candles light photos of the deceased and items left behind. Families read letters and poems and tell anecdotes and jokes about the dead. Offerings of tamales, chiles, water, tequila and pan de muerto, a specific bread for the occasion, are l...
Honoring and communing with the dead continued throughout the turbulent 36 years that 50 governments ruled Mexico after it won its independence from Spain in 1821. When the Mexican Liberal Party led by Benito Juárez won the War of Reform in December 1860, the separation of church and state prevailed, but Día de Muertos remained a religious celebrat...
In Mexico’s thriving political art scene in the early 20th century, printmaker and lithographer Jose Guadalupe Posada put the image of the calaveras or skulls and skeletal figures in his art mocking politicians, and commenting on revolutionary politics, religion and death. His most well-known work, La Calavera Catrina, or Elegant Skull, is a 1910 z...
Over decades, celebrations honoring the dead—skulls and all—spread north into the rest of Mexico and throughout much of the United States and abroad. Schools and museums from coast to coast exhibit altars and teach children how to cut up the colorful papel picadofolk art to represent the wind helping souls make their way home. In the 1970s, the Chi...
Oct 4, 2024 · Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is an important festival which takes place each year in South American countries, but what's it all about?
Oct 16, 2024 · Schools can use Día de los Muertos as a time to teach students how to be culturally sensitive, discover their ancestral traditions related to death, and to support the Latinx community today.
1 day ago · If that brings to mind images of Dìa De Los Muertos, then you were probably one of the millions enchanted by the Oscar-winning Pixar film, 'Coco.' It's been seven years since the film, based on ...
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1 day ago · In Spanish the Day of the Dead is known as Día de los Muertos. Who does the Day of the Dead honour? The Day of the Dead is about honouring dead loved ones and making peace with the eventuality of death by treating it familiarly, without fear and dread.
