Day Of The Dead
Day of the Dead
Perspectives
The main focus of Day of the Dead is for family and friends to pray and remember their loved ones that have died. Day of the Dead provides people with a time of celebration. Day of the Dead helps people realize that we were all born and that we will all die so that we can live our lives with more understanding. I think they do the things they do for a few reasons. The first one is so that they do not fear death. The second reason I think they do what they do is so that they do not need to only feel sorrow for their loved ones, but so that they can celebrate their lives.
Products There are a lot of products that go along with Day of the Dead. Most of the products are placed on the ofrenda that the family has made. Common items include sugar skulls, candles, marigolds, pan de muerto, incense, a photo of the dead, food, water, and other things that the deceased liked. On Day of the Dead, families will travel to the graveyard and clean the graves of their dead. Often in the cemeteries, bands will play music. A very popular decoration for Day of the Dead is papel picado. The most common design is the skull.
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People celebrate Day of the Dead by making an ofrenda, cleaning and decorating the graves of their dead, telling stories about their dead, and making food, including sugar skulls and pan de muerto.
Day of the Dead is celebrated from October 31st to November 2nd. November 1st is the day dedicated to honoring dead children, while November 2nd is the day dedicated to honoring dead adults. Day of the Dead is usually celebrated either in the home, or in the graveyards of the dead. Sometimes there are parties, and parades to celebrate Day of the Dead. Day of the Dead was started in Mexico. Today Day of the Dead is celebrated in Mexico, the U.S., Central America, and other Latin
countries.
Comparison to Halloween Day of the Dead and Halloween are similar in a few ways. First their focus is on death and spirits. For both celebrations people dress up in costumes. Another way Halloween is similar to Day of the Dead is that there are a lot of decorations, a lot of them being skeletons. Although there are some similarities between Halloween and Day of the Dead, there are many differences. Halloween makes death and spirits a scary thing, while Day of the Dead makes death a celebration. Halloween has a kind of dark mood, while Day of the Dead is light and cheery. What people do to celebrate these two holidays is also very different. Trick-or-treating for Halloween is very different from the ofrendas that are made and the celebrations that go on for Day of the Dead. Overall, Halloween and Day of the Dead have some similarities, but also have a lot of differences.
Perspectives
The main focus of Day of the Dead is for family and friends to pray and remember their loved ones that have died. Day of the Dead provides people with a time of celebration. Day of the Dead helps people realize that we were all born and that we will all die so that we can live our lives with more understanding. I think they do the things they do for a few reasons. The first one is so that they do not fear death. The second reason I think they do what they do is so that they do not need to only feel sorrow for their loved ones, but so that they can celebrate their lives.
Products There are a lot of products that go along with Day of the Dead. Most of the products are placed on the ofrenda that the family has made. Common items include sugar skulls, candles, marigolds, pan de muerto, incense, a photo of the dead, food, water, and other things that the deceased liked. On Day of the Dead, families will travel to the graveyard and clean the graves of their dead. Often in the cemeteries, bands will play music. A very popular decoration for Day of the Dead is papel picado. The most common design is the skull.
Practices …show more content…
People celebrate Day of the Dead by making an ofrenda, cleaning and decorating the graves of their dead, telling stories about their dead, and making food, including sugar skulls and pan de muerto.
Day of the Dead is celebrated from October 31st to November 2nd. November 1st is the day dedicated to honoring dead children, while November 2nd is the day dedicated to honoring dead adults. Day of the Dead is usually celebrated either in the home, or in the graveyards of the dead. Sometimes there are parties, and parades to celebrate Day of the Dead. Day of the Dead was started in Mexico. Today Day of the Dead is celebrated in Mexico, the U.S., Central America, and other Latin
countries.
Comparison to Halloween Day of the Dead and Halloween are similar in a few ways. First their focus is on death and spirits. For both celebrations people dress up in costumes. Another way Halloween is similar to Day of the Dead is that there are a lot of decorations, a lot of them being skeletons. Although there are some similarities between Halloween and Day of the Dead, there are many differences. Halloween makes death and spirits a scary thing, while Day of the Dead makes death a celebration. Halloween has a kind of dark mood, while Day of the Dead is light and cheery. What people do to celebrate these two holidays is also very different. Trick-or-treating for Halloween is very different from the ofrendas that are made and the celebrations that go on for Day of the Dead. Overall, Halloween and Day of the Dead have some similarities, but also have a lot of differences.