Mexican festival
What is it?
•Is a festival that is celebrated in Mexico the 1 and 2 of November.
•In this days people decorate the graves to remember their familiars or friends who have died.
•It is believed thet on this days, the souls of the dead come to visit their families and friends. People feels happy to meet this special souls.
How do people celebrate it?
•People celebrate gathering of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.
•The traditions include building private altars honoring the dead using sugars skulls, orange marigolds and their favorite food and drinks.
Costumes
•They use evil masks and they pretend to be dead people with make ups and old clothing.
What is it?
•Is a festival that is celebrated in Mexico the 1 and 2 of November.
•In this days people decorate the graves to remember their familiars or friends who have died.
•It is believed thet on this days, the souls of the dead come to visit their families and friends. People feels happy to meet this special souls.
How do people celebrate it?
•People celebrate gathering of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.
•The traditions include building private altars honoring the dead using sugars skulls, orange marigolds and their favorite food and drinks.
Costumes
•They use evil masks and they pretend to be dead people with make ups and old clothing.
Dance and music
At night with everything ready, the dances begin:
•The ”Danza de los Viejitos” dance of the old men, representative dance of this region.
•In the pre –hispanic times this dance was performed as a ritual honoring the sun, this dance is the “Pescado Blanco” white fish.
Typical
dishes
•Morsels of candy
•Nuts
•Fruits
•Vegetables
•Tequila or mezcal
•Salty-sour roasted grasshoppers called chapulines
•A bowl of chicken bated in chili-chocolate mole sauce
•Several avocados
•Twin mangoes
At night with everything ready, the dances begin:
•The ”Danza de los Viejitos” dance of the old men, representative dance of this region.
•In the pre –hispanic times this dance was performed as a ritual honoring the sun, this dance is the “Pescado Blanco” white fish.
Typical
dishes•Morsels of candy
•Nuts
•Fruits
•Vegetables
•Tequila or mezcal
•Salty-sour roasted grasshoppers called chapulines
•A bowl of chicken bated in chili-chocolate mole sauce
•Several avocados
•Twin mangoes
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