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Día de los muertos. vocabulario. El día de los muertos. A holiday celebrated on Nov. 1 and 2 to remember deceased family and friends. calavera. Decorated skulls Sugar skulls Satirical poems, that often make fun of politics. Calaca. A skeleton figure representing death
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Día de los muertos vocabulario
El día de los muertos • A holiday celebrated on Nov. 1 and 2 to remember deceased family and friends.
calavera • Decorated skulls • Sugar skulls • Satirical poems, that often make fun of politics
Calaca • A skeleton figure representing death • Esqueleto = skeleton
Panteón, tumba • tomb
Posada • Mexican artist who drew political cartoons • He also created La Catrina • Catrina is a woman in Victorian clothes • Feathered hat and long skirt
Papelpicado • Cut paper decorations • Fragile paper reminds us life is fragile • Intricate designs; often of skeletons
vela • Candle • Used on altars and tombs to guide the souls home
illuminacion • Ceremony that takes place in the graveyard when hundreds of candles are lit to guide the souls
Pan de muerto • Bread of the dead • Sweet bread • Sometimes in the form of birds, fish, skull and crossbones
Altar de muertos • The offering that the family sets aside for their dead relatives
La ofrenda • The offering left on the altar for the deceased.
dulce • Candy • Sweet
Alfenique • Sugar paste candy treats • Often in form of a skull or animals
Cementerioflores Cemetery flowers
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
mariposa • Butterfly • Aztecs thought monarch butterflies were souls of deceased warriors returning to visit.
Los angelitos • Souls of the dead children who visit Nov 1
copal • Incense • The smoke helps guide the souls back
mole • Sauce made of many ingredients including: chocolate, chile peppers, bread, seeds
rosquete • Bread in the form of a pink circle (circle of life/death)
Día de todos los santos • All Saints Day • Catholic holiday on Nov. 1 to celebrate all saints, known and unknown.
Huesodisfraz Bone costume
máscara • mask
chapulín • Grasshopper • Some people like to eat chocolate covered grasshoppers
Difunto, muerto • dead