1. Day of the Dead

2. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico. Traditions connected with the holiday include: building private altars honoring the deceased using calacas, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts. The Day of the Dead is a time of celebration when eating and parties are common. Dia de Los Muertos

5. Dia de los Muertos Vocabulary  Cempazuchitl: Yellow marigolds that are symbols of dead  Copal: Burning incense left at alter  Ofrenda: offerings to honor the dead  Pan de Muerto: Bread of the dead  Cascarones: Festive egg shells that are filled with confetti and trimmed in glitter  Alfeniques: Poems and songs written about the festival  Calaca: whimsical skeleton figure that represents death  Calaveras: Colorful iced sugar skulls  Angelitos: Souls of children who have died.

6. Calaca A Mexican Spanish Name for SKELETON. Origins from Aztec, frequently shown with flowers (such as marigolds). Depicted as Happy or Joyful rather than mournful (sad). Shown wearing festive clothes, dancing, and/or playing musical instruments to indicate a happy afterlife.

7. Masks  Form (3D)  Abstract Face  Meaning it is a face but is distorted or simplified  Used for cerem0nial purposes.

8. Calaveras Calavera—the skull—is the number one symbol for the Days of the Dead. It is not presented to terrorize. Instead, the calavera represents the playfulness of the Dead, as they mimic the Living and frolic amongst us.