By Nurlan Aidana

İnvent a festival
Where ? Mexico
When? October 31-November 2
Why? Dia de los Muertos is celebrated to honor and
remember deceased loved ones while celebrating life
and affirming cultural identity.
What happens? During Dia de los Muertos, people create altars, visit
graves, share special foods like pan de muerto and
sugar skulls, and participate in parades and other
festive activities to honor departed loved ones and
celebrate life.
Special food? a sweet bread often decorated with bone-shaped
dough, and sugar skulls, elaborately decorated with
colorful icing.

Dia de los Muertos

Día de los Muertos or ‘Day of the Dead’ easily

outshines even the most vibrant Halloween
celebrations with its unique blend of ancient
indigenous and European Catholic traditions.
Mexicans bring bright colors, jovial attitudes and rich
traditions to celebrate their dearly departed by
creating beautiful altars, baking and decorating
special bread called pan de muerto, hosting and
attending costume parties, visiting friends and leaving
gifts at altars, making colorful sand tapestries and
lighting candles to pay homage to the dead.
In the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca, Día de los
Muertos is one of the biggest celebrations of the year,
with the main events occurring between October 31
and November 2 and a number of related activities
preceding and signaling the end of the festivities.
Día de los Muertos is more than celebrating all things
spooky, instead it is a joyous celebration of life and
death. Most Mexicans visit cemeteries and graves to
pay respects to dead relatives and friends while stalls
for selling sweets and treats, as well as carnival rides
are set up on the outside of the larger cemeteries