9A1 Day of the Dead by missferguson

Keiran fawcett

2015-09-02 14:07:37 UTC

Its a Mexican carnival

Joseph shatfo

2015-09-02 14:08:36 UTC

Joseph shatfofor

2015-09-02 14:08:42 UTC

Its symbol is patterned

skulls

Joseph shatford

2015-09-02 14:08:42 UTC

Daniel Charles

2015-09-02 14:10:19 UTC

These celebrations occur in various countries in Central and South America and more.

Cameron surtees

2015-09-02 14:10:58 UTC

It celebrates the dead

Saima Sultana

2015-09-02 14:18:34 UTC

Day of the dead is celebrated for two days, November 1st and 2nd

Laura Pollard

2015-09-02 14:23:26 UTC

Families clean the graves of deceased loved ones, then they decorate them with flowers, photos, food, drinks and candles.

Florence Murray

2015-09-02 14:26:20 UTC

Day of the dead in Spanish is el dia de Los muertos

Poppy May Summers

2015-09-02 14:28:31 UTC

It can either be celebrated in public or in private places

Poppy May Summers

2015-09-02 14:33:02 UTC

They also celebrate by telling storys about the deceased

Nathan

2015-09-02 14:40:38 UTC

daniaal

2015-09-02 14:41:12 UTC

The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.

Nathan Bell

2015-09-02 14:42:37 UTC

The Day of the Dead is celebrated by building a special altar

Lucy

02parkerl — 2015-09-02 14:47:38 UTC

They believe the gates of heaven open and all deceased children are allowed to vidit their families for 24 hours, and on November 2 adults come down.

Meghan Bellamy

2015-09-02 14:54:11 UTC

One of the main things on a shrine to the deceased is a calavera (pronounced: kala'bara) which is a skull traditionally made from sugar. They are brightly coloured and normally have flowers painted on them.

callum needham

2015-09-02 14:59:36 UTC

dia de los muertos combines ancient aztec rituals with the catholic faith brought to mexico by spanish conquistadores

Anna Orford-Morgan

2015-09-02 14:59:44 UTC

Chocolate sugar skulls are hand moulded & decorated and sold by the thousands at the Sugar Skull Fair. Candy makers work for 4-6 months to have enough merchandise for the sale.

The skulls contains lots of colour

2015-09-02 15:22:02 UTC

Logan Westley

Harry R

2015-09-02 16:05:09 UTC

The Day of the Dead wasn't even celebrated in North Mexico until the 1960s, they believed that it combined Pagan and Catholic rituals.

Karina d

2015-09-02 16:17:18 UTC

SAJID SHAH

2015-09-02 16:54:45 UTC

the day of the dead is on november 2nd but the celebration starts on november 1st

Ruth

2015-09-02 18:16:31 UTC

The Day of the Dead is a celebration of life, where people learn to respect that life is brief. They learn there is a circle to life and to not fear death.

Ben Bu

2015-09-02 19:50:48 UTC

Rituals celebrating the deaths of ancestors had been observed by these civilisations perhaps for as long as 2500 to 3000 years.

2015-09-02 20:45:42 UTC

Megan Banfield

2015-09-02 20:49:36 UTC

Families will often set up alters in their homes, inviting the dead to return for a visit. They place offerings of food, drink and marigolds (the Mexican flower of death) to encourage them back. Many will also hold vigils and place offerings at their loved one’s graves.

Nidaa Qayyum

2015-09-02 21:50:43 UTC

Nidaa Qayyum

2015-09-02 22:01:59 UTC

Indigenous people from Mexico believe the soul is eternal and that it can travel back and forth from this world and the next.

Ethan packer

2015-09-03 08:01:23 UTC

Day of the dead originated in Mexico and is celebrated by Catholics still today and is the most famous festival in Mexico to this day

Niall

2015-09-03 18:16:38 UTC

The dish traditionally made and eaten on Día de los Muertos is a sweet roll called pan de muerto (bread of the dead). It is made with sugar, eggs, flour, milk, water, margarine, salt, yeast, and anise seed and is usually moulded into the shape of a skeleton.

2015-09-04 06:38:25 UTC

They are coulofuk and have unique patterns

2015-09-04 06:39:15 UTC

Colourful* finley

Callum coughlan

2015-09-04 06:54:46 UTC