The Mesoamerica Period

In Mexico, Dia de los Muertos is a celebration to honor the dead. This holiday was made for people struggle with losing loved ones, and celebrating it was found to be a good way to help them cope. Families can be seen in the cemetery bringing festive gifts to memorialize lost members.

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The honoring of dead loved ones is what Dia de los Muertos is all about. This is the reason that the holiday was created. Just like how the memory of a loved one never fades, the Dia de los Muertos also survived. Over the years it’s

Halloween and Dia de los Muertos are very interesting holidays in there own different ways. Halloween and Day of the Dead can be similar but on the bottom line they are very different by the way they decorate, what they eat, and how they celebrate the holidays. The two holidays may seem similar at first but after understanding the complexity of the ideas behind both holidays actions, your opinion can change. For example during Halloween some kids might go trick or treating but in Mexico during the Day of the Dead, people would go to grave sites and have picnics with people who have passed on and a famous sauce they would eat is mole sauce which is like a spicy chocolate sauce. There are a lot of differences to explore about the two

Villalba states that, the celebration begins as early as midnight on October 31 because they believe that the gates of heaven open and the deceased children are welcomed back to earth for 24 hours to celebrate with their families. The following day, 2nd of November, “adults come down to enjoy the festivities” (Villalba). Within those two days, there are many expenses and lot of planning for families who celebrate this holiday. They begin with going to the cemeteries where they clean and decorate the tombs of their deceased members. Families then create beautiful ofrendas at their homes, which are alters, with some of the most important decorations such as bright colored marigolds, pan de muerto (bread of the dead), white candles, candy skulls, calacas (skeleton figures), a portrait of the loved one, with a few of their favorite dishes and drinks, and burning copal. “The white candles are lighted up so that the deceased can see their family members around the tomb” (The Day of the Dead in Mexico,2005). These alters require the most expenses, sometimes people even spend months’ worth of savings for this specific date because they believe their posada should be resplendent, just as their beloved ones would want. To end the day, families return to the cemeteries to gather around the tomb of their loved one where

Foreigners have more trouble understanding Dia de Los Muertos than any of Mexico's other celebrations. At first glance, they see Day of the Dead decorations which are colored paper garlands, little skeletons performing daily tasks and sugar skulls inscribed with names, which remind them of Halloween. Other tourists discover that much like Memorial or Remembrance Day in the US, families here visit, clean and decorate graves of loved ones for the

During the last period of the Ice Age the sea level was low enough to allow men to cross on foot the Bering Strait. From his time the people coming from Asia have settled in America. The first signs of human presence in the territory of Mexico date back to 35000 B.C. This historical stage of Mexico is called Lìtica1. At that time there were horses, antelopes, mammoths and other species that disappeared with climate changes. The Mesoamerican 2 story begins in the year 2500 B.C. when the sedentary life began and ceramic was discovered and used by native peoples. Around 1200 B.C. Mesoamerica began to take place with the construction of terraces, canals and various hydraulic works for agriculture and the increase of the

In the Latino death rituals are influenced by their catholic beliefs. They have a continuing relationship with the dead through prayer and visits to the grave. Grief can be expressed by crying. Women are allowed to wail while men are not to a lot of emotion. Death for Mexicans in Mexico has more understanding of death because the country is religious, real, poor, and young. Death is shown by statues, art, literature, and history portray death. Mexican children start at an early age to accept death. Mexicans and Latinos celebrate “Dia de los Muertos (day of the dead) to remember and honor the dead Lobar, Youngblut, & Brooten, 2006, p. xx-a)

I attend to quinceañeras. A quinceañera is when a girl turns 15 and is considered a woman in Hispanic culture, so they throw a big party that is considered a quinceañera. Another Hispanic event that I attend to is el dia de los reyes magos (day of the biblical magi). On this day my family gets together and eat a big rosca (a Spanish and Portuguese bread dish eaten in Mexico) inside, there is small toys that look like kids if you get them you have to make tamales for the whole family.I like to attend to el dia de los muertos in November 2.In this day we honor our love ones that have pass away to the other

After Two centuries of migration and warfare between the 12th century they had been searching for a place to settle mainly in the northern parts of mesoamerica. Finally in 1325 or 1345 they settled in called Tenochtitlan or mexico city today. They consider themselves as mexica people and were always rulers of mesoamerica. Mesoamerica was all of mexico and parts of central america. They also settled in an island in a lake Texcoco.

The prominent civilizations of classical and postclassical Mesoamerica consisted of the Mayans, Aztecs and Incas. Civilizations developed independently in the Americas, but there were parallels with the early civilizations of Asia and North Africa. American civilizations had a separate chronology and unfolded in terms of their own environment. During postclassical China, the Tang and Song dynasties emerged as prevalent and dominant periods throughout Chinese history. Although both Mesoamerican civilizations and postclassical Chinese dynasties had sweeping impacts on the surrounding world, many aspects of both were disparate when compared, in addition to numerous parallels between the civilizations. Several categories include intellectual developments,

One depiction of Mexican holidays shaping the city of Los Angeles into a Latino city can be seen in the Mexican holiday El Dia del Los Muertos. For instance, Mexicans believe in the concept of death not being the end of a person’s life as Paz

In Mexico, fiestas occur frequently throughout the year as a custom. Mexicans gather on these holidays to eat dance,take part in parades, and remember historic or religious events. Mexican Independence Day celebrates the separation of the country from Spain on September 16, 1810. Another famous celebration is Day of the Dead which is celebrated on the first of November. Although it may sound scary, this celebration is a cheerful time of remembering friends and family members who have died.

Day of the Dead is some thing I have been learning about in Spanish class. Now I am going to tell you some facts about Day of the Dead. The Day of the Dead is celebrated by Mexicans and some Hispanic cultures around the world. It’s a celebration remembering their dead loved ones. This year the Day of the Dead will be November 1 and 2.

As I now celebrate Halloween in America, going out and dressing up, I don’t forget about “el Dia de los Muertos”, although I am not in Mexico I have brought the celebration back home, I pray for my great grandparents and other late family members and friends. I try to incorporate both cultures in my life and I have realized that I am creating my own traditions with combining