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Dia de los Muertos is a celebration of?
 
life
 
death
 
flowers
 
eating
One of the most recognizable symbols and is a core part of any Día de Muertos celebration
 
La Catrina
 
La Elisa
 
La Xochilt
 
La Frida
These decorative candies are placed on the ofrenda as an offering to the dead, and they are given out as treats.
sugar skulls
This word for "perforated paper" is hung to make celebrations festive and colorful?
 
papel picado
 
pipal pickle
 
papel pico de gallo
 
pupil porcino
The Dia de los Muertos celebration lasts how many days?
 
2
 
1
 
3
 
4
Which of the following items would not be found on a traditional altar as part of the Dia de los Muertos holiday?
 
A box of tissues
 
pictures of loved ones
 
candles
 
food and drink
Dia de los Muertos is a very serious and somber holiday.
 
False
 
True
The holiday originated about 3,000 years ago from indigenous peoples of what country?
 
Mexico
 
Brazil
 
United States of America
 
Spain
What does the sugar in sugar skulls represent?
 
the sweetness of life
 
the sweetness of sports
 
the sweetness of flowers
 
the sweetness of food
One thing people do not do on the Day of the Dead is:
 
go trick or treating
 
decorate graves with flowers
 
eat candy in the shape of skulls
 
put out food for the souls of dead relatives
Calveras are . . .
 
graves
 
small candies in the shape of skulls
 
type of ice cream
 
flower
The Day of the Dead was first celebrated by . . .
 
the Aztecs
 
the Incas
 
the Romans
 
college students
This is the name of the bread that is made as part of the Dia de los Muertos celebration?
 
pan de muertos
 
pan de bread
 
pan de catrina
 
pan de calaveras
This flower is thought to guide the spirits back with their intense color and pungent smell?
 
marigold
 
daisy
 
rose
 
tulip
This is where families place photos of the loved ones they have lost along with other items
ofrenda (altar)
What are some ways that Dia de los Muertos is celebrated?
 
All of the above
 
lighting candles
 
place flowers on the burial sites of their lost loved ones
 
creating an altar (ofrenda)
Dia de Muertos came to be from a mixture of the Aztec festival dedicated to the goddess of what name which stands for "Lady of the dead"??
 
Mictecacihuatl
 
Mixchaui
 
Muertadia
 
Maztecadia
Dia de los Muertos is celebrated on what day/s?
November 1st and November 2nd
Dia de los Muertos means what in the English language?
Day of the Dead