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Background Info
Traditions/Celebrations
True or False
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous Info.
100
When is Day of the Dead celebrated?
Every year around the same time as Halloween: All Saints Day and All Souls Day (November 1st and 2nd).
100
Name at least 2 items that are typically found on an "ofrenda" for Day of the Dead.
A picture of the person, items they were fond of, candles, flowers, candy, bread, fruit, gifts
100
True or False: Day of the Dead is the Mexican version of Halloween.
False
100
Altar
La ofrenda
100
Who was known for his "Calavera de la Catrina" (the skeleton of female dandy)?
Jose Guadalupe Pozada
200

What are the altars called?

Ofrendas

200
What are the special loaves of bread called that are baked for Day of the Dead?
Pan de los Muertos
200
True or False: Day of the Dead honors death.
False - it honors our dead relatives and loved ones.
200

Wooden skull that are used during Day of the Dead are called _________.

calaveras

200

What are Alebrijes?

Imaginary animals

300

To which Mexican state do Monarchs migrate?

Michoacan

300

During the Day of the Dead, the yellow marigold flower symbolizes ________.

The short duration of life

300
True or False: Day of the Dead is a scary and strange ritual.
False - it is a day of happiness and love while remembering our loved ones.
300
Traditional art used to decorate homes, business, markets, and altars
Papel picado
300

What the monarch butterflies represent?

They represent the souls of dead people

400

 During which months do Monarchs arrive in Mexico?

October and November

400
Name 3 typical decorations that can be found during Day of the Dead.
Papel picado, skeletons, skulls (sugar skulls), flowers, photographs, candles
400

True or False: La calaca is a skeleton

True

400
Death
La muerte
400

November 1 is reserved to remember ___________ who have died, and November 2 is reserved to remember __________ who have died.

Infants, children, and adults

500

The name of  "la flor de muertos" is

Marigold

500
"Ofrendas" are not for worshipping, but for ___________________.
Offering/displaying love and remembering our departed family members and loved ones.
500

True or False: People refuse to visit the cemetery where their loved ones are buried. They worship the altars that they make in their homes instead.

False - they decorate gravesites at the cemetery with flowers and candles. They visit the gravesite to visit their loved ones.

500
Comó se dice "calaveras de azúcar" en ingles?
Sugar skulls
500

What do the skulls that are displayed on the altars symbolize? 

death