Day of the Dead

By: Kelly Fussman

The Origins

• Aztec death & afterlife• Astronomy• Cortés & Christianity• Pagan traditions

The Offering

• Flowers• Candles• Skulls • Food• Drink• Pictures• Personal items

The Offering

Cemetery Vigil

• Candles• Flowers• Late-night feasts• Open-air mass• Music• Storytelling• Mourning

Special Foods & Sweets

Sugar Skulls Pan de muerto

Cemetery Vigil

• Candles• Flowers• Late-night feasts• Open-air mass• Music• Storytelling• Mourning

Halloween vs. Day of the Dead

Suggests a fear of death

Monsters, costumes

Celebration of death

Fiestas, offerings

Mocks

death

“To the inhabitant of New York, Paris, or London, death is a word that is never uttered

because it burns the lips. The Mexican on the other hand,

frequents it, mocks it, caresses it, sleeps with it, entertains it;

it is one of his favorite play things and his most enduring

love.”