This festival is celebrated in Mexico and by Mexican Americans living in the United States and Canada. The festival focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember family and friends who have died.
The celebration occurs on November 2. Traditions connected with the festival include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts.
This festival is sometimes thought to be similar with Halloween due to it's occurrence shortly after Halloween. But the two festivals have little in common and are NOT the same.
The Day of the Dead is a time of celebration, where partying and eating is common.
Here's some pictures of the festival:
Partying and celebrating Dia De Los Muertos(Day of The Dead)
Wearing costumes for the celebration
Day of The Dead ofrenda(offerings)
Catrinas, one of the most popular figures of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico
I chose this festival because i have always wondered what this festival is all about. I find it very interesting and creepy at the same time. I could've chosen a festival that i'm very familiar with like the Hari Raya, but i want to do something different so i choose the Dia De Los Muertos(Day of The Dead) festival.
