Examples and facts regarding the Mexican celebration of Day of the Dead.

1. Day of the Dead
• Begins October
31st at midnight
and celebrated
through
November 2nd
• Celebrates the
dead – relatives
and loved ones
• Widely
celebrated in
Mexico

2. Alters and graves are
decorated
elaborately to
welcome departed
spirits.

4. The people
hold vigils,
parades,
make food
and have
festivals.

5. Skeletons and skull
imagery are used to
represent death and
the dead.