Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, was celebrated in Oaxaca Mexico from October 30-31st. This meaningful holiday is broken up into two days because the 30th is when the partakers honor the lives of children who have passed away, and the 31st is for the late adults. The living honor and welcome the dead spirits these two days by building alters that contain some of the deceased's favorite items and candles; but some like to go cemeteries and place marigolds and candles on the tombstones. On Dia de los Muertos everything that is said or done has special meaning, even the costumes! The skull face painting for example symbolizes the acceptance of death and it lets wandering sprits know that you welcome them into the 'living realm" for their sacred days.
I LOVE THIS HOLODAY! I really want to go to Mexico and see all this take place. With the pictures I've seen in magazines, and online the festival looks absolutely beautiful and I love how comforting the idea is. The thought that this culture believes that the dead can come back and be with their living family for a day is a pretty sweet and loving idea in my opinion.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/01/living/gallery/dia-de-los-muertos/index.html?hpt=ila_t2
Even though America is supposed to be a "melting pot" of cultures, dia de los muertos doesn't get much celebrated to the general public. In my opinion, we should try to have this celebration incorporated nationally.
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