Art Movie Quiz - "Festivals-Day of the Dead"

The heart of the festival is the three days from October ____st to November 2nd

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It's November 1st, __________ Day Across the world, Christians remember the faithful who lived good lives, and those who became saints through their devotion and good works. But here in Mexico, Catholics welcome the souls of their dead loved ones back to Earth for just one day, from this evening till tomorrow.

All Saints all saints' all saint's

In Oaxaca City, the civic authorities make a big deal at the festival with a large program of events involving ________-making and art competitions, concerts and candle displays which take over the cemeteries and public squares.

Alter

About 40 kilometers southeast of Oaxaca lies the archaeological site of Mitla, where the god of death and the underworld was worshipped in pre-Christian times. This site was the religious and ceremonial heart of southern Mexico in the times before the Spanish conquest, and was in the hands of the ________ when the Spanish arrived.

Aztecs

The spectacle and the extraordinary customs attract tourists from all over the world, but the events are deeply rooted in local traditions that go back 500 years to the time of the Spanish conquest, when the ancient death rituals of the Mexican Indians were fused with the __________ feast of remembering the dead, called All-Souls. You Answered

Christian

This Mexican festival takes us deep into cultural and religious history. Nothing captures the spirit of the Day of the Dead better than this juxtaposition of the ________ and the skull, the Aztec and the Christian fused together.

crucifix

In Mexico every November, the souls of the _______ are invited to join the living in dancing, carnivals, and feasting.

dead

This was a conquest, and the triumph of Christian Spain is evident in the building of the Church of San Pablo on top of the indigenous structures. This triumph may have brought more compassionate values for those of the Aztecs, but it had its own conquering brutality. Between 1519 and 1620, the sword and European ________ reduced the indigenous population from 25 million to just over a million.

disease

Father Maldonado is a priest in one of the large city churches, and he's proud of the way the Day of the Dead brings together ancient ___________ traditions with Christian teaching about the journey of the soul to heaven and the ongoing relationship of the dead and the living.

indigenous

The marigolds, or cempazuchi, are the most beautiful symbol of the Dia de los Muertos. Some say that the dead souls are attracted to the golden color which guides them in their ________ to spend time with the living.

journey

Today, there's a busy trade in flowers, especially the orange _________ and purple coxcombs which are typical of the Day of the Dead.

marigolds

But the Spanish Christians also made connections between the death cult at Mictla and their own sacrificial meal, between the bread and wine of the Eucharist and the offerings of blood and food which the Aztecs made to their gods. The Aztecs ate sweet dough human figures as part of their rituals, and mixed blood with food, which underpins that _______ sauce, which is found everywhere in the Day of the Dead.

mole

A big feature of the Day of the Dead in Mexico is the making of special altars called ________, which feature photographs and the favorite food and drink of dead relatives.

ofrendas

As so often in the Day of the Dead, sadness is not the dominant emotion, more a sense of _________ in the company of those who've passed on.

pleasure

Human sacrifice and even cannibalism were a feature of Aztec religion, and richly decorated skulls have been found in the region. The icon of the ________ is also seen in ornaments representing the death god of Mictla, the ferocious Mictlan

skull

There's a tradition of writing short, satiric poems called calaveritas for the festival. The world means "little _______," and the verses are universally popular.

skulls