The Day Of The Dead

` In Mexican culture we have many traditions but one of the most important is when we celebrate The Day Of The Dead. This when Mexican families honor the member of the family who are already dead. We celebrate this tradition for 5 days, from October 31st to November 2Sd. We honor our dead families members with "Ofrendas."

Before we make the "ofrendas" We go to the market to buy fruits, bread, food and sugar candies that come in beautiful figures that Mexican families call "Calaveritas" (skulls heads). It comes with that name of the person who is already dead on the forehead of the "Calaveritas".

Mexican families honor their dead members with a ritual called "Ofrendas". This means that every Mexican family has to set an "Ofrenda" in their home. It can be in the room, kitchen or living room. First you set a table and you start decorating the table with flowers, candles, fruits, bread , candies and the favorites dish of the person who loved to eat when he or she was alive.

But Mexican families also celebrate during these 5 days the "Little Angel" and the "Big Angels". The "Little Angel is the little children's. The spirit of the "Little angels" are suppose to come from October 31st to November 2d to smell the food or stuff that you put in the "Ofrendas". And the "Big Angels '' are the adult dead persons. Their Spirit come to you house November 1st to November 2d to eat or smell the "Ofrendas".

Finally on November 2d , all Mexican family go to the cemetery to celebrate our dead families members. We bring to the cemetery food, drinks, fruits, candies and Mexican dishes. So Mexican f

amilies spend all their day in the cementer. We pray to our dead people and play music. We clean, put flowers, holy water, candles and put pictures around of the graves. This celebration is part of our Mexican culture.