Day of the Dead: The Importance of the Altars

After a fun celebration event in the cemetery, the family returned home for different festivals and ceremonies. The altar is one of the most important traditions of Dia de los Muertos. In Oaxaca, these families are very careful in distinguishing altars and altars which are two very different things for them. The altar is a structure that keeps the appearance. However, like most monuments, the entire altar becomes the central table, families from all over the world meet and celebrate those who died.

The days of death altars are built at people's homes and workplaces. The hero of the local community celebrates at the square in the town. On the day of the deceased, people bought snacks for their altar to attract the deceased to their hometown, and everyone was keen to keep in touch with the deceased. They died like sweet things, they really like tequila. The altar needs to be covered with flowers, fruits, and water. During the day, the cemetery is the center of the celebration decorated with dead flowers and brim when people lie down with desserts, light candles and families to visit their graveyard. They also poured their favorite spirit bottle into their grave. Reconstruct special people's grave in the city square so that everyone can see

Perhaps the main constituent of the decoration of the day of death is the altar, or rather "sacrifice" (ofrendas in Spanish). Contrary to what the word "altar" implies, these are not for worship. Instead, each family organizes a way to pay homage to the deceased, and each part of the altar symbolizes a holiday or ancestry of death / family related. This includes orange and yellow calendula (cempazuchitl), incense of coppal, candles, photographs of the dead, salt and water, the days of traditional dead food and others that may be personally specific (favorite snacks, Children's toys, fashion magazines, etc.))

Dio De Los Muertos (the day of death), mainly the Mexican Central and southern tradition, creates a clever personal altar and ofrendas in life, such as all eps, souvenirs and favorite foods, the deceased's It is a public festival. There is also an important visit in my life together with a meaningful gift to commemorate the delegated dead. The historians trace these rituals to the Aztec festival and reproduce the Queen Mictecacihautl, "The Daughter of the Dead", underground rulers.