PLZ ANSWER CORRECTLY Day of the Dead and Color Meaning 1) What is the purpose of Day of the Dead?

2) What dates is it held annually?

3 What do people celebrating typically bring to the gravesite/altars? Toys food drinks

4 Why are the altars such an important part of this celebration? Earth fire

5 What do Earth, Fire, Wind and Water represent for this holiday at the altars?

6 What is the significance of the sugar skull?

7 What other foods are an important part of this celebration?

8 Calvera Catrinas is a symbol for what belief?

9 Why do women wear the detailed makeup designs and the hats with feathers?

10 How does Day of the Dead compare with Halloween?

1) What is the purpose of Day of the Dead?

on the day of the dead the intent is to encourage visits by the souls, so the souls will hear the prayers and the comments of the living directed to them.

2) What dates is it held annually?

a brief reunion that includes food, drink and celebration. ... November 2 is All Souls Day or the Day of the Dead.

3) What do people celebrating typically bring to the gravesite/altars? T

Sugar Skulls, Tamales, the salty food and drink are a big part of the festivities.

4) Why are the altars such an important part of this celebration?

Day of the Dead altars are made as a way of remembering and honoring deceased friends and family. The altars help guide the spirits back to the land of the living on the Noche de Muertos on the night of November 2.

5) What do Earth, Fire, Wind and Water represent for this holiday at the altars?

Water is left in a pitcher so the spirits can quench their thirst. Papel picado, or traditional paper banners, represent the wind. Earth is represented by food, especially bread. Candles are often left in the form of a cross to represent the cardinal directions, so the spirits can find their way

6) What is the significance of the sugar skull?

Sugar skulls represented a departed soul, had the name written on the forehead and was placed on the home ofrenda or gravestone to honor the return of a particular spirit.

7) What other foods are an important part of this celebration?

Sugar Skulls, bread, tamales, fruit, hot chocolate, and more

8) Calvera Catrinas is a symbol for what belief?

a national symbol, the very Mexican belief that in death we are all equal.

9) Why do women wear the detailed makeup designs and the hats with feathers?

Dia de los Muertos helps the living celebrate the loved ones who have died. But in modern-day celebrations, people paint their faces to look like skulls, decorating it to represent a deceased loved one or an expression of themselves.

10) How does Day of the Dead compare with Halloween?

Halloween focuses upon the grisly or frightening aspects of death and the dead while the Day of the Dead is very much a celebration of their lives, a happy occasion to honor and remember loved ones who have passed on.

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