Dia De Los Muertos

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Dia De Los Muertos Day Of The Dead
Ana Olivar Grade Language Arts
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Why is Day of the Dead Celebrated?

• To honor those who have passed
• Celebrates life and death
• Began about 3000 years ago as an Aztec ritual

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How is this day celebrated?

• Altars filled with candles, flowers, ofrendas,
  calacas.
• Ofrendas -offerings of fruit, breads, candy
• Calacas -handmade skeleton figures
  

Altar

• Processions in the evening to the cemetery
• Tombs and tombstones are repainted

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Where Does It Happen?

• United States Central America
• Mexico South America
• Philippines