1 / 25

El Día de los Muertos Day of the Dead

El Día de los Muertos Day of the Dead. The path to the living shall not be made slippery by tears. What do these images mean to you? How are these two images different?. What are your views about death and the afterlife? What images come to mind when you think about death?

maddox
Download Presentation

El Día de los Muertos Day of the Dead

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. El Día de los MuertosDay of the Dead The path to the living shall not be made slippery by tears

  2. What do these images mean to you? How are these two images different?

  3. What are your views about death and the afterlife? What images come to mind when you think about death? What emotions do you feel when thinking about death?

  4. The path to the living shall not be made slippery by tears What do you think this Mexican saying might mean?

  5. How do people view death in Latin countries? • Death is not to be feared • Death is just another part of living • Although the living body dies, the soul continues to live on • Life is cyclical • Respect and honor “los difuntos” • Celebrate the deceased. • Afterlife – the dead are among us – mixture of Aztec and Christian views of death.

  6. The Days of the Celebration • October 30-31st - Build the altars in the home • November 1st – Día de los Angelitos • November 2nd - Día de los muertos • November 2nd – In the evening, collect the food and offerings left on the altar and leave a trail of cempasuchil that leads back to the panteón. The souls follow the scent of the flower to the panteón where they spend the evening with loved ones before they return to “home”. Family members burn candles on the cripta and place a flower arco while spending the evening with others who want to remember the deceased.

  7. Day of the Dead Altars • Usually Includes three tiers or levels • Must have a picture of the deceased person included that you wish to honor • Usually has cempasuchil, the traditional flower of the dead (orange marigold) • Usually has papel picado – purple-pain, white-hope, pink-celebration • Usually has water and food-pan de los muertos • Cavaleras - Candy skulls – three small, one large • Velas – to light the way home • Ofrendas – offerings to entice the dead

  8. Selling the cempasuchil flowers – the yellow marigold that entice the dead through their fragrant scent.

  9. A festival to celebrate the holiday. Death is not to be feared – it is a necessary part of living. Notice that Catarina is HAPPY!

  10. More of the celebration……

  11. A flower Vendor

  12. On the grave…..

  13. A day in the Panteón

  14. A moment of reflection….

  15. El arco de cempasuchil

  16. Las Calaveras

  17. A traditional altar in a Mexican home

  18. Another Altar

  19. An altar

  20. Another altar

  21. A gravesite, with the marigold flower

  22. Pan de los Muertos • A sweet bread that is made for the dead and placed on the altar • After the long journey, the dead are tired and crave sweets to gain energy • It is usually made in the shape of a person/ghost, or circular with knots and ropes

  23. Pan de los Muertos

  24. Watch a short video on how Dia de Los Muertos is celebrated in Mexico

  25. HAS YOUR OPINION OF DEATH CHANGED? How do you feel about death? Do you believe that the souls of the deceased can come back to visit you? Would you like to spend the day with a loved one that has passed on? Why or why not?

More Related