Day Of The Dead And Dead's Altars
The Day of the Dead and Dead’s Altars Thinking about death as a friend who is received annually at home, and which welcome includes a traditional celebration for Mexican culture people may sound weird, but exploring closely into the origin of that celebration, it is easy to see that this tradition is more than only a cultural eccentricity; offering cult to death is a very old tradition that Mexican culture managed to preserve throughout history. The Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, presents to its visitors a magnificent exhibition of altars for dead, as well as the cultural historical information that helps its visitors to gain a better understanding of the meaning of that tradition for Mexican culture. Death is an iconic figure inside
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As said by the guide in the Centro Cultural la Raza, the soul’s trip took four days; when the soul reached its destination, its offered gifts to "the Lord of the dead" and "Lady of the field of the dead". Then, they sent the traveling soul to one of nine regions where the soul stayed for four years before coming to the place of eternal …show more content…
Christian evangelization brought to Mexico had to accept and be adapted to the force of many indigenous beliefs, resulting in a very own Catholicism, which is characterized by a mix of pre-Hispanic religions and Catholicism. After these adjustments, the Day of the Dead began to be celebrated by ceremonies framed by arches of flowers, prayers, processions and blessings in churches. The combination of Spanish and indigenous civilizations originated what today is known in Mexican culture as the Day of the Dead celebration, resulting in more than a Christian holiday; it is the most representative celebration of the Mexican culture, which Mexican people has kept alive as one of their ancient traditions. The Feast Day of the Dead takes place on 31 October and 1 and 2 November, days marked by the Catholic Church to celebrate the memory of All Saints and All Souls. Of course, the purest essence of the holidays observed in indigenous and rural communities, where it is believed that the souls of the deceased return those nights to enjoy the dishes and flowers offered for them by its
As said by the guide in the Centro Cultural la Raza, the soul’s trip took four days; when the soul reached its destination, its offered gifts to "the Lord of the dead" and "Lady of the field of the dead". Then, they sent the traveling soul to one of nine regions where the soul stayed for four years before coming to the place of eternal …show more content…
Christian evangelization brought to Mexico had to accept and be adapted to the force of many indigenous beliefs, resulting in a very own Catholicism, which is characterized by a mix of pre-Hispanic religions and Catholicism. After these adjustments, the Day of the Dead began to be celebrated by ceremonies framed by arches of flowers, prayers, processions and blessings in churches. The combination of Spanish and indigenous civilizations originated what today is known in Mexican culture as the Day of the Dead celebration, resulting in more than a Christian holiday; it is the most representative celebration of the Mexican culture, which Mexican people has kept alive as one of their ancient traditions. The Feast Day of the Dead takes place on 31 October and 1 and 2 November, days marked by the Catholic Church to celebrate the memory of All Saints and All Souls. Of course, the purest essence of the holidays observed in indigenous and rural communities, where it is believed that the souls of the deceased return those nights to enjoy the dishes and flowers offered for them by its