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The day of the dead is a festivity to not be sad about the dead, But to celebrate their lives. People dress up to mock death and give food to the dead. This food is an offering to spend time with dead relatives and what they did in the past. It is a time to get together and have fun.

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My grandpa mark was a war veteran who served in the Korean war. After contracting a serious disease he had to be discharged. when i was young he was moved to a nursing home for the last few years he had. I never had much time to visit but always made it count when I could. One cold day after school my parents informed me of his death

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Traditional food could vary from a specialty type bread with loads of sugar and wowing designs. To the persons favorite food or meal. People love to make this food for them so they can spend their time with them.

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My grandpa loved eating with other people. No matter the food or how much he liked it he would always have a smile on his face. It killed him having to go to the nursing home but he would always schedule times where he could eat with us as a family.

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We would add pictures of us eating as a family or pictures of him doing his favorite things. We would have traditional foods spread all over such as hot dogs or soup. They were his favorite things and he would always want to share them with us.

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He liked to listen to music, His favorite were rock bands or Metallica, His favorite song, The unforgiven Is still listened to by everyone in the family. Every song he used to listen to had to have meaning, The unforgiven is a tale about a man and the struggles he may face through life. We put a CD of this on his alter For him to listen to.

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We celebrate la ofrenda by dressing up as the dead. We mock the dead to show that we are not afraid of it. Its most commonly celebrated by the alters of people who have passed. Doing this and providing food for them is a chance to be with the people who have passed one last time.