Traditions
History
People
Symbolism
100
We decorate these things to honor the dead. They contain pictures, candles, flowers, and more.
What is an altar?
100
This ancient culture believed in honoring the dead through rituals. (Incas, Aztecs or Romans)
Who are the Aztecs?
100
During Day of the Dead, people believe that the ______ of their loved ones will return.
What are spirits or souls?
100
These objects represent fire and are used to light up the cemeteries on the Day of the Dead.
What are candles?
200
This bread is eaten on Day of the Dead.
What is Pan de Muerto?
200
Most people who celebrate the Day of the Dead are... (Pentecostals, Catholics, or Evangelists)
What is Catholicism?
200
These characters are painted on the face of people who celebrate Day of the Dead.
What are skulls?
200
These objects symbolize water and are put on the altar and graves. (pictures of rivers, water pitchers/glasses, or poems about water)
What is a water pitcher or glass?
300
Before Day of the Dead, families go to the cemeteries and prepare for the return of their loved ones by doing this.
What is decorating the graves and having picnics?
300
The day of the Dead is mainly celebrated in this country.
What is Mexico?
300
People do this certain activities as they sit by the graves of their loved ones.
What is telling stories, remembering their loved ones, and having picnics?
300
These objects represent wind and are made out of cut paper that is then used make decorative banners.
What is papel picado?
400
These fun, sweet sugar skulls are made and eaten on Day of the Dead.
What are Calaveras?
400
The Aztecs believed that the dead live in ________, where they stay until they return to visit their families. (heaven, hell, limbo)
What is limbo?
400
People do this with sugar skulls on the night of Day of the Dead.
What is eating them?
400
These foods are symbolic of Day of the Dead.
What is Pan de Muerto, Atole, Mole, and Fruit?
500
It is tradition for these flowers to be placed on the graves of loved ones.
What are Marigold flowers?
500
Day of the Dead has been celebrated for over __________. (1000 years, 2000 years, or 3000 years)
What is 3000 years?
500
Pan de Muerto is decorated with...
What is faces made out of sugar and frosting?
500
_____________ are put in frames at the altars to remember their loved ones.
What are pictures of their loved ones?
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