Dia De Muertos

Day of the Dead
The Day of the Dead is a Mexican celebration that honors Hispanic origin the dead on November 2, starting from November 1, coinciding with the Catholic celebrations of All Souls Dayand All Saints.

Calaveritas
Skull literary.
They are so called both rhymes, satirical verses as engravings illustrating skulls or candy disguised as described below:
• Rhymes. Also called"skulls" are actually humorous epitaphs people still living consisting of verses where death (personified) jokes with real-life characters, hinting about a peculiar characteristic of the person concerned.They end with phrases which exhibits that will be taken to the grave. It is very common to dedicate the "skulls" public figures, especially politicians in power. In many cases the aforementioned speechrhyme like I was already dead.
• Prints: Lithographs, usually the Master José Guadalupe Posada, although not specifically drawn for Day of the Dead, but were cartoons that worked in differentpublications of the early twentieth century in Mexico are used at this time by his allusions to death festive .
• From sweet: They are sweet shaped skull, usually made of fudge, chocolate, amaranth,gumdrop, among others. They are usually sold in traditional markets called "Todos Santos" in addition to shops, flea markets, etc..
 Symbolism
• the candy skulls, have written the name of the deceased (orin some cases of people living in a joking manner that does not offend modest in particular mentioned) on the forehead, are eaten by relatives or friends.
• The Pan de muerto. Saucer special Day ofthe Dead. It's a sweet biscuit that is baked in different shapes, from simple round shapes up skulls, decorated with figures of the same bone-shaped bread and sprinkle with sugar.
• Flowers. Duringthe period 1 November 2 families usually clean and decorate the graves with colorful wreaths of roses, sunflowers, among others, but mainly Cempaxúchitl, which is believed to attract and guide the...