Today is going to be a lesson on culture. As a future Spanish teacher, I find the cultures of Hispanic countries very interesting. After we have celebrated Halloween, it is time for a Hispanic tradition that is commonly found in South and Central America. This is a day when the deceased
are remembered and recognized. Families build alters or ofrendas in their home with their favorite foods and activities to remember them. They make sugar skulls and place marigolds on their graves. The marigolds or cempasúchitl, represent death and were originally used to cover the smell of the dead or dying. Many families buy or make pan de muerto which is shaped like a skull and place it on the graves. At midnight the families celebrate the lives of the dead and have a picnic in honor of them, eating all their favorite foods. Although this seems like a pagan holiday, it has been mixed with Catholicism when the Spanish came and conquered the native people living in these central and South American countries. | |
| Calaveras azúcares or Candy skulls |
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