Autumn Festival

Do you know the “Day of the Dead” festival?? This festival takes place in Mexico every year in 1st and 2nd of November. Some people think it is continuation of Halloween.

Day of the Dead is as you can understand the word. In this day we observe to meet our own ancestors, so it is not scare day. It is different from Halloween but it seems like Bon festival of Japan.

Day of the Dead, in Spanish called “Dia de los muertos”. Dia means Day and los muertos means dead. As said this festival takes place in 1st and 2nd of November. In first day came back children’s ghost and then the second day came back adults.

In about before 1 week of this festival people decollate the whole city with skull that made of sugar and decorations of skulls. The skulls don’t have scare faces; they all have fanny and happy faces. It is so cute and colorful. Mexico loves showy colors so in this season, the cities become plenty of color and it is so beautiful and also they make alter in their houses or in the school for the dead.

By the way, there are some different customs for observe the Day of the Dead each town in Mexico, but in the town where I was, people went to their ancestor’s grave and eat lunch or dinner there! (With their grandpa or grandma ;) )

For the interest… “Trick or Treat!” in Spanish is “Noche de brujas, Halloween! (Witch’s night, Halloween!)”

If you want see the alter of my graduated junior high school's alter, check here!

Click the United San Agustin, Actividades, General and then click Alter de Muertos ;)