The Day of the Dead in the indigenous vision implies the transitory return of the souls of the deceased, who return home, to the world of the living, to live with relatives and to be nourished by the essence of the food that is offered to them in the altars. placed in his honor.
In this Day of the Dead celebration, death does not represent an absence but a living presence; death is a symbol of life that materializes in the offered altar. In this sense, it is a celebration that carries great popular importance since it includes various meanings, from philosophical to material.
Its origin is located in the harmony between the celebration of Catholic religious rituals brought by the Spanish and the commemoration of the day of the dead that the indigenous people carried out since pre-Hispanic times; The ancient Mexicas, Mixtecs, Texcocans, Zapotecs, Tlaxcalans, Totonacs and other native peoples of our country transferred the veneration of their dead to the Christian calendar, which coincided with the end of the agricultural cycle of corn, the main food crop in the country.
The celebration of the Day of the Dead takes place on November 1 and 2 since it is divided into categories: According to the Catholic calendar, November 1 corresponds to All Saints, a day dedicated to the «little dead» or children, and on November 2 to the Faithful Departed, that is, to adults
Every year many families place offerings and altars decorated with cempasúchil flowers, chopped paper, sugar skulls, dead bread, mole or some dish that their relatives liked to whom the offering is dedicated, and as in pre-Hispanic times, incense is placed to aromatize the place.
Likewise, the festivities include decorating the tombs with flowers and often making altars on the tombstones, which in indigenous times had a great meaning because it was thought that it helped lead the souls to travel on a good path after death.
Tradition also indicates that, to facilitate the return of souls to earth, cempasuchil flower petals should be spread and candles placed tracing the path they are going to travel so that these souls do not get lost and reach their destination. In ancient times, this road led from the family home to the pantheon where their loved ones rested.
The Day of the Dead is celebrated throughout Mexico, with some variations depending on the region or state.
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