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Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday that is celebrated in many Spanish speaking countries. It is a holiday for celebrating the lives of deceased loved ones with festivals, food, drinks, facepaint, activities, and decorations.

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Dia de los Muertos occurs on November 1st and 2nd. November 1 is the day for honoring dead children and infants, and November 2 is for honoring dead adults.

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Although Dia de los Muertos originated in Mexico, it is also celebrated in Guatemala, Peru, Nicaragua, the Philipines, Venezuela, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, the United States, Nepal, Australia, South Korea, China, and Japan.

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In the home families arrange ofrendas or "altars" with flowers, candles, crosses, and pictures. Altars are places where the family of the dead person will put marigolds, their favorite food, etc. to pay tribute to them. It symbolizes offerings that the family is giving to the deceased person. Families will often eat their favorite meal in honor of them. Families do this to honor the person who has passed and to remember/celebrate their life.

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Some traditional foods of Dia de los Muertos include pan de los muertos, marigold tortillas, Guatemalan molletes, marigold infused tequila, tamales de rajas, and spicy Mexican hot chocolate. The foods of Dia de los Muertos often represent the favorite foods or meals of the dead person. People celebrating do this do honor the deceased loved one.

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The traditional flower of Dia de los Muertos is called the marigold. It is a yellow, gold, or copper-brown flower that is used to represent passion and creativty. It is also said, however, that they symbolize cruelty, grief, and jealousy. Marigolds are used on Dia de los Muertos to guide the dead spirits to their altars with the bright colors and scents.

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Papel picado is a decorative craft made out of paper cut into beautiful patterns and designs. It is used to represent the wind on an altar. People celebrating Dia de los Muertos do this because there are four elements on the altars: water, wind, earth, and fire. Water is left in a pitcher so the spirits can quench their thirst, earth is represented by food, and candles are often set up in a cross form to represent the cardinal directions so the spirtis csn find their way.

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Skulls and skeletons appear everywhere in Dia de los Muertos, whether it be facepaint, candies, toys, parades masks, floats, or dolls. The skulls and skeletons are a playful symbolization of life after death, and are regarded as whimsical rather than gruesome or insensitive. People celebrating sometimes use skeletons to show a representation of the way the person died, them doing their favorite activity, etc.

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http://insider.si.edu/2016/10/5-facts-dia-de-los-muertos-day-dead/
https://www.inside-mexico.com/the-day-of-the-dead-ofrenda-2/
http://growingupbilingual.com/2014/recipes/10-traditional-day-dead-recipes-celebrating-dia-de-los-muertos/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qApl360wdQ
https://kidworldcitizen.org/why-so-many-skeletons-and-skulls-for-day-of-the-dead/