Friday 27 November 2015

Festival (Day of the Dead) - Mexico

Dia de los muertos (Day of the Dead) Festival - Mexico

It is a Mexican holiday, focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars called ofrendas, honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favourite foods and beverages of the departed, and visiting graves with these as gifts. 

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