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Day of the dead
Meaning and the superstition of the day of the dead
What is the day of the dead
It is a Mexican holiday where families welcome back the soul of their deceased relatives for a brief reunion that includes food,drink and celebration.
The superstition of the day of the dead
The dead can serve how loved ones treated them trough the burial places placed in their home and flowers that decorate their cemeteries.
Day of the Dead is a Mexican festival while Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival in China
Every year on the Day of the Dead, people pay homage to the dead, but no sorrow, even singing and dancing, all night long, intended to celebrate the festival with the dead loved ones. However, the Tomb-Sweeping Day is the day for people to worship their ancestors and sweep the grave, which shows the sadness of mourning for the death of their loved ones and the memory of their ancestors.
Tomb-sweeping Day and Day of the Dead, have the same connotation, are grateful for life, recall ancestors.
On Tomb-sweeping Day, the living go to the cemetery to worship the graves and pay respects to their ancestors with the clan group to express their nostalgia and gratitude for the lost lives. The solemn ritual offering makes the family members have a stronger sense of identity for the collective, which is the best gratitude for the lost relatives.
The festive atmosphere of the Day of the Dead shows the optimistic and open-minded character of the Mexican nation and the humorous attitude towards death.
The history of Day of the dead
After the Spanish came to the American continent, they put the western "All Saints' Day", the indigenous Day of the Dead and some of the indigenous burial and sacrifice customs combined, created today's Day of the Dead, the date set on November 1 and 2
Combination of the Indian culture and the Spanish culture, which is dominated by the Indian aboriginal culture
Aboriginal people believe that only by treating the dead well and letting them go home happily for the festival, the living people in the coming year will be blessed by the dead, free from disease and disaster, and the crops will be bumper.
Activities in Day of the dead
Yellow petals were scattered along the road from the cemetery to the village or town, letting the dead follow the fragrant path back home.
They celebrated the completion of the life cycle with joy, welcoming the annual reunion of the living and the dead
Food
On the altar are offerings of corn soup, chocolate, bread, zongzi, hot sauce, pumpkin, sweets, desserts, etc., for the dead to enjoy
The bread on the altar of the Day of the Dead is not the same as the bread that is usually eaten. Different shapes have different meanings
Movie
Dia de los Muertos
Compare with Tomb-Sweeping Day
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