Mexican tradition “Day of the Dead”

Day 1,808, 13:48 • Published in Poland Mexico • by Ophiuco



According to the Catholic calendar, the 1st of November is dedicated to all saints day and the day 2nd is dedicated to all souls in the Mexican folk tradition the 1st is dedicated to deceased children, and day 2 to adults dead, According to pre-Hispanic culture, the soul of the dead returning one day a year to visit their living relatives. Apparently the date of this return was conditioned during the Spanish conquest, to coincide with the Catholic celebration of All Saints.

On this day, people usually go to the cemeteries to visit "their" people and leave a memory, it takes the opportunity to spend the day with the missing and the whole family goes to pray at the graves decorated with flowers where the predominant cempasúchitl it is the flower of death, typical of the season. These demonstrations have even become tourist attraction.





The tribute to the dead is also done at home, decorating a table in a special way, also with flowers, incense and food offered as tribute to dead objects placed in them taste the decease😛 food, music, cigarettes and favorite beverages, including portraits of the artists or sports heroes, all chaired by the photograph of the deceased. The candles and bonfires, which in some places was accustomed, are lit in order to guide souls on the safe side. Throughout Mexico there are a number of variants that have retained a strong popular roots.





Parents buy some sugar skulls to the children and they ask to everybody something fot theris “calaverita” is it a carton box with a candle inside.They joy a “dead bread”, lights, fruit, pottery, flowers, candles, candles of all kinds, etc.. The tradition survived the conquest and has remained almost intact nowadays, instead the Catholic Church ignored it for a long time considered pagan.

These traditions are the product of two cultural traditions, Theire are a series of practices and rituals among which the reception and farewell to the souls, placing offerings or altars of the dead, the arrangement of the graves in the cemetery vigil and holding religious services.





Nowaday, the cult of the dead in our country defines all ethnic groups, communities, cities and social levels. The "Day of the Dead", is a commemorative date, is a time when the Mexican expresses his view of fate as something that will happen, but without fear. To the ancient Mexicans stretched life to death: it was the natural end of life, but an infinite circle phase.