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Published on Dec 02, 2015
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Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars called Ofrendas, honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed, and visiting graves with these as gifts. Visitors also leave possesions of the deceased at the graves.
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How and why do they form altars and what do they place on them?
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Dia de los Muertos are made to honors the lives of those who have passed. They are often beautiful creations, constructed with time and effort. In the homes, family members honor their deceased with ofrendas or offerings which may consist of photographs, bread, other foods, flowers, toys and other symbolic offerings.
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Both the Aztecs and the Spanish in Mexico played a major role in the origination of Día de Los Muertos. Roughly from the time (1300 to 1500 C.E.) had annul death ceremonies to honor those who died during the year.
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Is this a religious tradition?
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Why is this religious?
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What is the belief of what happens to those that pass away?
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Many Christians through the centuries have believed that when a person died (asleep) until the final judgement, at which time they are ressurected to life or punishment.
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What does the skull stand for?
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The skull represents a departed soul, had the name written on the forehead and was placed on the home Ofrenda to honor the return of a particular spirit.
A sweetened soft bread shaped like a bun, often decorated with bone-shaped phalanges pieces.
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Why is it baked?
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It is normally a baked tear drop to represent the goddess of Chimalmas tears for the living.
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What are all the festivities at the cemetaries about?
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People go to the cemetaries to be with the souls of the departed and the intent is to encourage visits by the souls, so the souls hear the prayers and the comments of the living directed to them. Celebrations can take a humorous tone, as celebrants remember funny events and anecdotes about the departed.
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Is there a belief in the afterlife?
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Yes, there is a belief in the afterlife.
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Explain.
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Life and death were inseperable parts of the same great energy. You cannot have one without the other... Life gives way to death. Life will follow death as surley as sunrise will follow sunset.
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