El Días de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead”, is the Mexican holiday representing what is believed to be their version of Halloween (celebrated in center and southern Mexico). Our Halloween is a dark, spooky event meant for scaring. Their version of “Halloween” is full of joy and bright colors, and it is a celebration of the people who have past on. Not saying they’re happy because they’re gone, but because their life will be a symbol inside them forever; that they will never be forgotten as a part of life.
Although skeletons will more than likely be seen everywhere, it’s not meant to scare; they’re forms of candy or costumes. This vibrant time had people parading, dressed as ghosts and skeletons, while private homes altars are adorned with flowers, candy, pictures of deceased relatives, and candles meant to burn all the night. The next day, families travel to the cemetery with rakes and flowers, candles and picnic baskets, to clean the graves of their loved ones and spend all day and night remembering them.
Obviously this takes place in Mexico, Day of the Dead celebrations vary from town to town there. You may call this more of a fiesta, since it’s a large celebration. And, surprisingly, the Day of the Dead takes place on November 1-2, not the last day of October.
During the…show more content… The first Church mention of sugar art was from Palermo at Easter time when little sugar lambs and angels were made to adorn the side altars in the Catholic Church. Sugar skulls represented a departed soul, had the name written on the forehead and was placed on the home ofrenda or gravestone to honor the return of a particular spirit. And it reflects the folk art style of big happy smiles, colorful icing and sparkly tin and glittery adornments. Sugar skulls are labor intensive and made in very small batches in the homes of sugar skull
