Beliefs
1. Who is celebrated on November 2?
2. What catholic holiday is this?
the souls of the adults
All souls day
How do you say offering in Spanish?
Ofrenda
What does it mean to personify death?
To take the concept of death and give it human characteristics.
Who conquered the Aztecs?
What country sent him?
Hernan Cortes
Spain
How did this holiday come to be celebrated in the Americas?
a. No one knows for certain, it just evolved over time.
b. The Spaniards introduced it while spreading their religion in the Americas.
c.The Aztecs celebrated it and taught the beliefs/practices to others.
The Aztecs celebrated it and taught the beliefs/practices to others.
What does the holiday commemorate?
Those that have died and are trying to enter /are in heaven.
Why do they place alcohol, food and water on the altars?
to offer the decease nourishment/purficiation
to please the deceased
What is an example of a calavera/calacas?
a. skeleton playing the guitar
b. market that makes toys for the Day of the Dead.
c. band singing about love ones at a cemetery
skeleton playing the guitar
How do those celebration this holiday view death?
Are they afraid of it?
as a part of life
No, they welcome it, embrace it, court it, sleep with it is their favorite plaything.
What do flowers symbolize?
What is the cempazuchil?
The fragility of life.
A bright orange Marigold flower
What is the significance of the Monarch butterfly?
Thought to be the souls migrating to Mexico
What is the special bread made for this day called and what elements of Aztecs and catholicism is present?
Pan de Muerto
bones in the sign of the cross
Those gathered around the graves of the loved ones are waiting in silence and fear for the ghosts of their loved ones to return. The cemetery is a somber and eerie place with the skulls and skeletons because the day of the dead celebrates death, Explain why or why not?
cierto
falso
falso- happy, singing, dancing, telling stories of their loved ones-its a celebration of life
What does the holiday, All Souls Day, have to do with the Day of the Dead?
a. They are two different names for the same holiday.
b. All Soul's Day turned into Halloween, which is just like the Day of the Dead.
C. All Soul's Day and those beliefs that are part of its tradition have combined with various ancient/pagan practices concerning death, resulting in what we know today as the Day of the Dead.
All Soul's Day and those beliefs that are part of its tradition have combined with various ancient/pagan practices concerning death, resulting in what we know today as the Day of the Dead.
How was Catholicism spread?
What happened to the rites of the indigenous people after Catholicism was introduce?
By Force
They were melded/merged blended.
November 1, is known as _____ when the______are honored/remembered.
All Saints Day
children
Why are there candles and incense on the altars?
candles-light the way back
incense carries the prayers to heaven
Why would people give each other gifts such as sugar skulls, and toy skeletons, which personified death?
a. to remind one another to be good on earth
b. to introduce children to death and remind themselves that death is a normal part of life
c.to scare each other and please each other like giving scary treats on Halloween
b. to introduce children to death and remind themselves that death is a normal part of life
What is the name of the most iconic skeleton of the Day of the Dead?
Why was she created to show what?
La Catrina
Mexican women were ashamed of their heritage and wanted to be more like the Spanish nobles
How do you say little angels in Spanish?
Angelitos
Which statement most accurately describes the relationship between the philosophies of Halloween and the Day of the Dead?
a.They are similar because both holidays are fun celebrations concerning death.
b.They are similar because both holidays remind us of the supernatural and they share the philosophy that death is something inevitable and frightening.
c.They are different because Halloween is about fun, parties, costumes, sweets, while the Day of the Dead is serious and more somber because it commemorates the dead.
d. They are different because Halloween emphasizes negative aspects of death. It demonstrates that death is something feared. The Day of the Dead emphasizes death as a part of life. It is a time to celebrate life and to remember deceased loves one.
They are different because Halloween emphasizes negative aspects of death. It demonstrates that death is something feared. The Day of the Dead emphasizes death as a part of life. It is a time to celebrate life and to remember deceased loves one.
What happens to the food on the alter?
What do the 3 Tiers of the alter represent?
It is eaten.
top heaven/afterlife, middle - earth bottom - underworld
This type of paper was placed around ofrenda?
Which statement most accurately describes the Aztecs view on death.
a. They believed in an afterlife but saw death as an inevitable scary part of life.
b. They did not believe in an afterlife.
c. They believed in an elaborate afterlife and had rituals to remember the deceased.
They believed in an elaborate afterlife and had rituals to remember the deceased.
What items were usually placed on top of the alters?
a. pictures of loved ones and a crucifix
b. pictures of saints and a crucifix
d. all of the above
d. all of the above