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Guatemala
What is a country where Dia de los Muertos is celebrated?
Mexico
What is the most important country where Dia de los Muertos is celebrated?
Ecuador
What is a country where Dia de los Muertos is celebrated?
It is a celebration to honor, remember and celebrate the ancestors and loved ones who have passed away
What is Dia de los Muertos?
Parts of the USA
What is places where Dia de los Muertos is celebrated?
November 1st & November 2nd
When is Dia de los Muertos Celebrated?
It is believed to purify the spirits
What is salt?
It rises like smoke, giving the air a sweet scent
What is copal?
It is to quench the thirst of the spirits from their long journey
What is water?
English name for Cempasúchitl flowers
What are Marigolds?
English name for "papel picado"
What is perforated paper?
Items like photos, flowers, favorite foods
What is an Ofrenda?
Colorful pieces of cut paper are strung to flutter in the wind during many holiday celebrations
What is papel picado?
These are used to form a path to guide the spirits home with their bright colors and unique scent
What are Cempasúchitl flowers?
Purple, orange and pink
What are colors of papel picado for Dia de los muertos celebration?
These are also known as alfeñiques
What are sugar skulls?
English name for Pan de Muerto
What is bread of the dead?
People even paint their faces to resemble it
What is a skull?
Icing, sequins, and brightly colored tin foil
What are materials to decor sugar skulls?
English name for "ofrendas"
What are offerings?
Ofrendas, gravesites, and in windows.
What are places where skulls are located?
To symbolize the cycle of life and our mortality
What is the meaning of skulls and skeletons?
These are important icons/symbols of Día de los Muertos. These are not sad or scary, but created playfully and colorfully
What are skulls and skeletons?
It is believed that on these two nights of the year the deceased may return and visit with the living.
What happens on Dia de los Muertos?
It is often made in a circular shape, like a bun, and decorated with bone shaped pieces.
What is Pan de Muerto?