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“DAY OF THE DEAD”

The Day of the Dead is a Mexican celebration that honors Hispanic origin to the dead on November 2, beginning on November 1, coinciding with the Catholic celebrations of AllSouls Day and All Saints. It is a Mexican and Central American holiday, is celebrated in many U.S. communities, where there is a large Mexican and Central American population. Unesco has declared thefestival as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. [1] The Day of the Dead is a day also celebrated in Brazil, as two Souls' Day, though the holiday does not have the same pre-Hispanic roots of Mexicanholiday.

The origins of the celebration of Day of the Dead in Mexico before the Spanish arrived. There are records of ethnic celebrations in the Mexican, Maya, Purépecha and Totonac. Ritualscelebrating the lives of the ancestors is made in these civilizations for at least three thousand years ago. In the prehispanic era it was common practice to keep skulls as trophies and display them duringrituals to symbolize death and rebirth.

The festival that became the Day of the Dead was celebrated the ninth month of the Aztec solar calendar, near the beginning of August, and was held for amonth. The festivities were presided over by the goddess Mictecacíhuatl, known as the "Lady Death" (now connected to the "Catrina" by José Guadalupe Posada character) and wife of Mictlantecuhtli, Lordof the land of the dead. The festivities were dedicated to the celebration of children and the lives of deceased relatives.

Death is a strong symbol that caused admiration, fear and uncertainty tohumans throughout history. For many years, various cultures have created beliefs about death that have successfully developed a series of rituals and traditions and is to worship, honor, frighten andeven to mock it.
Mexico is a country rich in culture and traditions, one of the main aspects that make up its identity as a nation is the concept we have about death and all the traditions and...