Dia De Los Muertos by Maddie Klein
Dia de los Muertos is a holiday traditionally celebrated on November 1st and 2nd. The other days, such as October 31st or November 6th may be included depending on what country it is happening in. Dia de los Muertos means the day of the dead in Spanish.
Day of the Dead is a two-day holiday for families to reunite with their loved ones that have passed. Families create ofrendas to honor their passed family members. These ofrendas are usually made with bright yellow marigold flowers, photos of the passed loved ones, or their favorite foods and drinks. Marigolds are used because they are believed to be the pathways that guide the spirits from the afterlife to their ofrendas that their families have made. The sugar skulls are also decorative for Dia de los Muertos and are usually made by hand from either sugar or clay.
Mrs Sackett, our high school and middle school Spanish teacher said, “To welcome them, my family builds altars in their honor. These altars have a series of different components that vary from one culture to another that mostly include yellow marigolds, candles, photos of the deceased ones, papel picado or cut tissue-paper designs, as well as food and beverages offerings for the dead. I will also be teaching the middle schoolers what Dia de los Muertos is and the high schoolers will be building their own small altars. I'm making an ofrenda with my family filled with all my loved ones. I will use the things that they loved or use and then we ain't got love it as with your skulls so we make sugar skulls and then we paint those and we hang them up around our house and we go and visit my UncleMike at the the cemetery and bring them carnations the flower because that's the day of the dead flower so you bring those two under their death and we fill our home with things that they love on the Day of the Dead and hopes that the come back and visit us.”
Dia de los Muertos is a holiday traditionally celebrated in Mexico, but is now celebrated all over the world.
Day of the Dead is a two-day holiday for families to reunite with their loved ones that have passed. Families create ofrendas to honor their passed family members. These ofrendas are usually made with bright yellow marigold flowers, photos of the passed loved ones, or their favorite foods and drinks. Marigolds are used because they are believed to be the pathways that guide the spirits from the afterlife to their ofrendas that their families have made. The sugar skulls are also decorative for Dia de los Muertos and are usually made by hand from either sugar or clay.
Mrs Sackett, our high school and middle school Spanish teacher said, “To welcome them, my family builds altars in their honor. These altars have a series of different components that vary from one culture to another that mostly include yellow marigolds, candles, photos of the deceased ones, papel picado or cut tissue-paper designs, as well as food and beverages offerings for the dead. I will also be teaching the middle schoolers what Dia de los Muertos is and the high schoolers will be building their own small altars. I'm making an ofrenda with my family filled with all my loved ones. I will use the things that they loved or use and then we ain't got love it as with your skulls so we make sugar skulls and then we paint those and we hang them up around our house and we go and visit my UncleMike at the the cemetery and bring them carnations the flower because that's the day of the dead flower so you bring those two under their death and we fill our home with things that they love on the Day of the Dead and hopes that the come back and visit us.”
Dia de los Muertos is a holiday traditionally celebrated in Mexico, but is now celebrated all over the world.