Day of the Dead By, Xavier and Nikolas

Food at day of the dead One of the most popular day of the dead foods is a Pan de Muertos. A Pan de Muertos is bread that people eat on day of the dead and has bits of bread to make it look like hands on the outside with colored sugar all over it.

Day of the dead Decorations Sugar skulls are one of the decorations for day of the dead you decorate them however you want with icing. Also, people decorate with painted skulls, little skeletons with colorful paint. The most common decorations are skulls and skeletons that are painted with lots of different colors.

What is the day of the dead Day of the dead is a celebration for the dead people and their spirits come back to their family for 24 hours. It makes the spirits happy to come back and remember what life is like. Day of the dead was originally invented in the 16 th century in Mexico. When the people are in the graveyard they put yellow or orange marigolds down on the grave. The first celebration was in the summer but now it is on Nov.1or2. When the souls come down to earth to see their family the children souls come down first and then the adult souls come after the children.

Thanks for watching! We got our info from a day of the dead book the authour’s are Kitty Williams and Stevie Mack