Dia de los Muertos is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd to honor deceased loved ones. On October 31st, altars are made for dead children with marigolds, candies, bread, and tamales to guide them home. On November 1st, altars are left out for adults with alcohol, cigarettes, mole sauce, and bread. Families leave water for the dead to drink and masks are worn on the 2nd to scare spirits back to their graves.

1. Dia de los Muertos
Timeline
Cristina Coleman
Period 1
11/1/11

2. Octubre 31
• Dead children, angelitos, follow the path of
marigold flowers home. Their alters have
candies, pan de muerto, and tamales.

3. Noviembre 1
• Angelitos leave, and altars for the adults are
left out. Alcohol, cigarettes, mole, and pan de
muerto are left out.
• Family members
Leave water for the
Dead to drink.

4. Noviembre 2
• Masks are worn by townsfolk to scare the
spirits back to the grave.