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Dia de los Muertos
Ofrenda (Altar) at Furr High School
Dia de los Muertos
(Day of the Dead)
Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a celebration of life and death. While the holiday originated in Mexico, it is celebrated all over Latin America with colorful calaveras (skulls) and calacas (skeletons).
Dia de los Muertos honors the dead with festivals and lively celebrations, a typically Latin American custom
that combines indigenous Aztec ritual with Catholicism. The dead are still members of the community, kept alive in memory and spirit—and during Día de los Muertos, they temporarily returned to Earth.
Ofrendas are built to remember and honor people who have died. They are a way to keep the memory of that person alive through the annual tradition of remembering what they
loved to do, eat, drink and look like. The
idea is to build a altar that will entice the
spirits to return home to visit on the
special days of November 1 and 2.
Ofrendas are an essential
part of the Day of the Dead
celebrations. The word
ofrenda means offering in
Spanish. They are also called
altares or altars, but they are
not for worship.
Picture of the loved one who passed.
Pan Dulce (Bread),
and food that loved one liked to eat.
Papel Picado
Candles
Flowers
are traditionally bright orange, yellow, black, purple, and pink.
You can also add:
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Favorite Foods
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Water/Drinks
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Incense ( Copal, Sage, ect.)
