The foodsList at least 3 foods used in this holiday that are not common to any other holiday. Include descriptions, recipes and how the food is significant.

Pan de Muerto

Ingredients 1/4 cup milk 1/4 cup (half a stick) margarine or butter, cut into 8 pieces 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 package active dry yeast 1/4 cup very warm water 2 eggs 3 cups all-purpose flour, unsifted 1/2 teaspoon anise seed 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons sugarDescription Sweetened soft bread that is often shaped like a bone in circle with a teardrop in the centerSignificance Pan de muerto is essential when celebrating "El Día de los Muertos" simply because it carries tradition and it is the bread Mexicans share with families at the table.

Calabaza en Tacha

Ingredients 1  4 to 5 lbs Pumpkin approx. 8 Cinnamon sticks Juice of 1 Orange 4 cups water 2 lbs Piloncillo ( you can use brown sugar or raw sugar)Description A candied pumpkinSignificance The Calabaza en Tacha is used as a decoration food for the altars that honor the dead.

Atole

Ingredients 1/3 cup masa harina flour 3 cups water, mixed with 2 cups milk 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 (3 ounce) disks mexican chocolate (Nestle's Abuelita and the Mexican Ibarra brands are commonly found in Spanish bodegas)Description Mexican hot chocolateSignificance It used as an offering to warm the spirits as they go on their journey

The artsList at least 3 art form used in this holiday that are not common to any other holiday. Include descriptions, pictures, drawings and how they are unique to Day of the Dead.

Day of the Dead Wire and Clay Sculpture

Created in a comical tone, bursting with personality and color, these skeletons remind us that the holiday is always about fun and love!

Sugar skulls

These decorative skulls have the name of the deceased on the forehead and are decorated with stripes, dots and swirls of icing to enhance the features of the skulls. These designs are usually whimsical and brightly colored, not morbid or scary. Feathers, beads or colored foils are "glued" on with the icing to create highly ornate skulls.

Paper Mache Skulls/ Skeletons

It can be used be used an altar centerpiece decoration that is surrounded by marigolds

The history and beginnings of the holidayList at least 3 aspects of the history of Day of the Dead. Include what cultures blended to contribute.

The Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico can be traced back to its indigenous pagan cultures. Rituals celebrating the deaths of ancestors had been observed by these civilizations perhaps for as long as 2,500–3,000 years. The pagan culture sets a base for this holiday.

The Aztec culture had set a date for this holiday and it integrated the celebration of Catrina.

The American culture had integrated their own beliefs into The Day of the Dead like remembering those who died for us in war

How the dead are remembered and

Altars Sugar Skulls Cempasúchitl

honoredList at least 3 ways the dead are remembered and honored during this time.

List at least 3 methods used to attract the dead and why they are used. Include why the date of the holiday is important.

The date of the holiday is important because it shows the forceful influence of Catholicism on this holiday by making it on All Saints’ Day.

One method is using religious chants devoted from Catholicism .

Another method is one that utilizes the Cempasúchitl flower that lights the path in the spirit world and attracts unrested souls.

A last method is to use objects of which the deceased soul valued as offerings on an altar to attract the soul