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