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Día de los muertos

Día de los Muertos is a vibrant holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd to honor and remember deceased family members and friends. Key elements include calaveras (decorated skulls), ofrendas (offerings), papel picado (cut paper decorations), and pan de muerto (bread of the dead). Families create altars adorned with candles, flowers like cempazuchitl, and favorite items of the departed. The holiday blends indigenous traditions and Catholic influence, celebrating life, death, and the enduring connections with loved ones who have passed.

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Día de los muertos

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  1. Día de los muertos vocabulario

  2. El día de los muertos • A holiday celebrated on Nov. 1 and 2 to remember deceased family and friends.

  3. calavera • Decorated skulls • Sugar skulls • Satirical poems, that often make fun of politics

  4. Calaca • A skeleton figure representing death • Esqueleto = skeleton

  5. Panteón, tumba • tomb

  6. Posada • Mexican artist who drew political cartoons • He also created La Catrina • Catrina is a woman in Victorian clothes • Feathered hat and long skirt

  7. Papelpicado • Cut paper decorations • Fragile paper reminds us life is fragile • Intricate designs; often of skeletons

  8. vela • Candle • Used on altars and tombs to guide the souls home

  9. illuminacion • Ceremony that takes place in the graveyard when hundreds of candles are lit to guide the souls

  10. Pan de muerto • Bread of the dead • Sweet bread • Sometimes in the form of birds, fish, skull and crossbones

  11. Altar de muertos • The offering that the family sets aside for their dead relatives

  12. La ofrenda • The offering left on the altar for the deceased.

  13. dulce • Candy • Sweet

  14. Alfenique • Sugar paste candy treats • Often in form of a skull or animals

  15. Cementerioflores Cemetery flowers

  16. cempazuchitl • Orange marigold flower • Used to decorate altars and tombs • The bright color and scent help guide the souls back Used to make a path from the door to the altar

  17. mariposa • Butterfly • Aztecs thought monarch butterflies were souls of deceased warriors returning to visit.

  18. Los angelitos • Souls of the dead children who visit Nov 1

  19. copal • Incense • The smoke helps guide the souls back

  20. mole • Sauce made of many ingredients including: chocolate, chile peppers, bread, seeds

  21. rosquete • Bread in the form of a pink circle (circle of life/death)

  22. Día de todos los santos • All Saints Day • Catholic holiday on Nov. 1 to celebrate all saints, known and unknown.

  23. Huesodisfraz Bone costume

  24. máscara • mask

  25. chapulín • Grasshopper • Some people like to eat chocolate covered grasshoppers

  26. Difunto, muerto • dead

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