EL DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
ON WHAT DAY DO THE SPIRITS OF ADULTS WHO HAVE DIED COME VISIT THEIR FAMILY?
(THE DAY AFTER THE CHILDREN) NOV 1
THREE THINGS MEXICANS DO TO CELEBRATE?
-VISIT CEMETERIES -DECORATE GRAVES -MAKE OFERENDAS
IN WHAT YEAR WAS "LA CATRINA" PUBLISHED?
1910
HOW MANY YEARS AGO DID THE AZTECS DEVELOPE THE RITUAL OF BUILDING ALTARS
3,000 YEARS AGO
SUGAR SKULLS, ANAME PAN DE MUERTOS (BREAD) CAN ALL BE FOUND ON A/AN.......
ALTAR
THE PICTURES OF "LA CATRINA' GO BACK TO WHAT ACIENT PERIOD?
AZTECS
WHY IS THE DAY OF THE DEAD A JOYUS OCCASION?
BECAUSE THE AZTECS BELIEVED ONE SHOULD NOT GRIEVE THE LOSS OF AN ANCESTOR
WHEN IS THE DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATED?
BETWEEN OCT 31 AND NOV 2
WHAT IS ONE THING HALLOWEEN AND THE DAY OF THE DEAD HAVE IN COMMON, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT?
BOTH COME FROM EARLY CULTURES' BELIEFS ABOUT DEATH THAT LATER MIXED WITH CHRISTIANITY
IN ACIENT TIMES, WHERE WERE FAMILY MEMBERS BURIED?
CLOSE TO FAMILY HOMES
T/F: EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS IS THE MEXICAN VERSION OF HALLOWEEN
FALSE
T/F: EL DÍA LOS MUERTOS HONORS DEATH, AND NOT OUR DEAD RELATIVES
FALSE
IS THE DAY OF THE DEAD GLOOMY AND MORBID OR FESTIVE AND COLORFUL?
FESTIVE AND COLORFUL
WHAT DOES PAPEL PICADO REPRESENT IN THE DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION?
IT REPRESENTS THE WIND AND FRAGILITY OF LIFE
WHAT DO DOGS REPRESENT IN THE DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION?
DOGS WERE BELIEVED TO GUIDE THE ANCESTRAL SPIRITS TO THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACE IN THE AFTERLIFE
WHICH ARTIST IS KNOWN FOR CREATING THE "LA CATRINA" IMAGE WE KNOW TODAY?
JOSE GUADALUPE POASADA
HOW DO THE U.S. AND MEXICO TREAT DEATH DIFFERENTLY?
MEXICO TREATS DEATH LIKE FAMILIARITY, INSTEAD OF DREAD
HOW IS THE DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATED IN RURAL AREAS?
MORE SOLEMN
WHERE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS PLACED?
ON THE ALTAR
WHY DO THEY DECORATE THE GRAVES AT THE CEMETERY?
SO THAT THE DEAD RETURN THERE FIRST
WHAT DO MONARCH BUTTERFLIES REPRESENT IN THE DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION?
THEY ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE SPIRITS OF THE ANCESTORS VISITING
WHY ARE SEEDS USED IN THE DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION?
THEY ARE OFFERED AS SNACKS FOR THE ANCESTRAL SPIRITS
WHY IS FOOD IMPORTANT TO PUT ON AN ALTAR?
THEY ARE PLACED ON THE ALTAR AS AN OFFERING
ON WHAT DAY DO THE SPIRITS OF BABIES AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE DIED COME VISIT THEIR FAMILIES?
THEY ARRIVE ON OCT 31 AT MIDNIGHT AND SPEND THE WHOLE DAY WITH THEIR FAMILY
WHAT DO CANDLES REPRESENT IN THE DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION?
THEY REPRESENT FIRE AND ARE A LIGHT GUIDING THEM BACK TO VISIT THE LAND OF THE LIVING
WHAT DO PAN DE MUERTOS REPRESENT?
THEY REPRESENT THE SOIL
WHY ARE SUGAR SKULLS USED IN THE DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION?
THEY REPRESENT THE VITALITY OF LIFE AND INDIVIDULAL PERSONALITY
WHY ARE ALTARS (OFRENDAS) BUILT FOR THE DAY OF THE DEAD?
TO WELCOME THE SPIRITS
T/F: ALTARS AND OFRENDAS ARE NOT FOR WORSHIPING BUT FOR OFFERING OUR LOVE AND REMEMBERING OUR DEPARTED FAMILY MEMEBERS
TRUE
T/F: EL DÍ DE LOS MUERTOS IS NOT SCARY OR MORBID. THERE ARE NO IMAGES OF DEAD PEOPLE, GHOSTS, WHITCHES, OR THE DEVIL
TRUE
T/F: EL DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS IS ABOUT LOVE NOT FEAR
TRUE
T/F: EL DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS IS AN OPPURTUNITY TO REFLECT UPON OUR LIVES, OUR HERITAGE, OUR ANCESTORS AND THE MEANING AND PURPOSE OF OUR OWN EXISTANCE
TRUE
T/F: EL DÍA LOS MUERTOS IS A RELIGIOUS RITUAL INTERMIXED WITH FOLK CULTURE. GOING MASS IS AN ESSENTIAL ASPECT OF THIS CELEBRATION.
TRUE
T/F: EL DÍA LOS MUERTOS IS NOT A "STRANGE" RITUAL. IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO GOING TO A GRAVE AND LEAVING FLOWERS OR STUFFED ANIMALS, LIGHTING A CANDLE TO REMEMBER THE DEAD PERSON
TRUE
T/F: IT IS NOT A SAD RITUAL. IT'S A DAY OF HAPPINESS BECAUSE WE WILL BE REMEMBERING OUR LOVED ONES. ALTHOUGH IN A GRAVEYARD, PEOPLE ASSUME AN INTROSPECTIVE ATTITUDE
TRUE
