2. ¿What is
“El Dia de los Muertos”
• Day of the Dead - A day where people of
México and central America celebrate and
remember their relatives who have passed.
• Each year the Day of the Dead is celebrated
from October 31 to November 2.

3. Poem
What is Death?
What is death? It is the glass of life broken into a
thousand pieces, where the soul disperses like
perfume from a flask, into the silence of the
eternal night.
Unknown Author
Source: Poem found in Michoacan, MX

4. Poem
A Song For Mother
I sing, I sing, for it hurts to cry
And the “why?” rings in my mind;
with my hands I recreate beauty
and that is why I sing and sing so much…
…so much like a sorrowful night
that amid nature’s aroma
the moaning of music is purity
that sprouts out of the words of my song.
I am seduced be the sensation, so beautiful
of reliving the brief journey
that is a star’s cry.
It is my reminiscent Love letter;
I know that my song reaches her
Because I lay my soul in her memory.
Julie Sopetran
Source: Poem found in Oaxaca, MX

5.  La ofrenda Las calaveras
Las velas
Las flores
Cempasuchil - orange Comida
Nube – white pan de muerto
Mano de león – pink & red tamales
atole de leche
mole

6. La ofrenda
Ofrenda - An offering
that the families give
to their ancient
ancestors on el Día de
los Muertos.
An ofrenda could be
altars with
pictures, candles, spice
s, and foods.

8. Una ofrenda

9. Las calaveras

10. Las calaveras
As a sign of life??

11. Las calaveras
Calaveras - Sugar skulls made to
celebrate the Day of the Dead. Each
child makes one with their name on
it.
Three calaveras represent the trinity.

12. Las velas

13. candles are lit to guide the souls to their altars

14. el tapete

15. Las flores
Cempasuchil – marigold-like flower. Bright color
attracts the spirits back to their home.

16. Flor de Nube - Flower of the
clouds which are placed on altars
created for children.
El mano de
león

17. Diego
Rivera

18. La Comida
• Pan de Muertos - Loaves of bread shaped like
people and are used as an ofrenda.
• Mole - A spicy sauce spread on chicken that is
part of Mexican cooking.
• Tamales - A mixture of
cornmeal, meat, spice, and chicken wrapped
around corn husks. These are also used as
part of an ofrenda.
• Atole - a Mexican drink made out of corn
flour dissolved in water or milk.