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Day of the Dead in Mexico

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  • In which country is Day of the Dead a national tradition?
    in Mexico
  • When is Day of the Dead celebrated?
    on the 1st and 2nd of November
  • Why do people decorate altars in their homes?
    to make the houses beautiful
    to cry for the dead ones
    to invite people to their houses
    to welcome home the souls of the dead
  • What does the monarch butterfly symbolize?
    the souls of dead travel in the wings of the butterfly to visit loved ones
  • What do people bring to cemetery?
    just sweet bread and sugar skulls
    just marigolds
    flowers, candles, photos and favourite animals
    flowers, candles, photos and favourite foods
  • What are the names of the traditional sweets?
    Bread of the dead (pan de muerto) or sweet bread (pan dulce) and sugar skulls (calaveras de azúcar)
  • What is this?
    a skull or a sugar skull
  • True or false? Day of the Dead is a sad tradition
    false
  • Why are marigolds used near the altars?
    because the fragance and colour of marigolds are thought to attract the souls of the dead
  • True or false? People paint their faces like a skull to scare each other.
    false
  • What is the name of the papers used to decorate the altars?
    colorful "papel picado"
  • What is the name of this butterfly?
    monarch butterfly
  • The round shape of the sweet bread represents...
    the circle of human head
    the circle of skulls
    the circle of life and death
    nothing at all
  • What is the name of this flower?
    marigolds