The_Day_Of_The_Dead

The Day Of The Dead The Day of the Dead The Day of the Dead or Dia de Los Muertos, is an ancient festivity that has been transformed through out the years, and was intended for pre-Hispanic Mexico. It is a time when families remember their dead and the continuity of life. This festival is considered to many to be the most important holiday of the year in Mexico. Originally it was celebrated at the end of July and the beginning of August in the Aztec calendar, but the it changed and was moved by the Spanish priest so it can go along with the Spanish Christian holiday All Hollows Eve. The result is that Mexicans now celebrate the holiday on the first and second of November, rather than the beginning of summer. The Mexican tradition is still celebrated by the Mexican blend of ancient things as well as Christian features. The day of the dead is a time when families visit graves of their close family members. They clean up the gravesites and decorate them with bright flowers. They set out food and have a picnic in the cemetery. They also get together to visit with one another. Whether it be a dead, time, out, mexican, holiday, family, day, visiting, visit, very, things, spanish, remember, reasons, popular, people, mexico, members, member, life, important, food, flowers, families, community, christian, celebrated, beginning, ancient, about, years, year, whether, warm, united, try