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Day of the Dead in Mexico

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  • What is this?
    a skull or a sugar skull
  • What is the name of this butterfly?
    monarch butterfly
  • How long has the death been "celebrated" ?
    more than 800 years
    more than 3000 years
    more than 900 years
    more than 2000 years
  • Who or what returns during this time?
    The spirits of loved people
  • When do we celebrate died children?
    November 2nd
    November 1st
    November 3rd
    31st of October
  • Why do people decorate altars in their homes?
    to welcome home the souls of the dead
    to invite people to their houses
    to make the houses beautiful
    to cry for the dead ones
  • When is Day of the Dead celebrated?
    on the 1st and 2nd of November
  • True or false? People paint their faces like a skull to scare each other.
    false
  • What happens at the cemetery?
    people visit the place, light candles, spend the night there
  • True or false? Day of the Dead is a sad tradition
    false
  • What are the names of the traditional bread
    Bread of the dead (pan de muerto) or sweet bread (pan dulce) and sugar skulls (calaveras de azúcar)
  • In which country is Day of the Dead a national tradition?
    in Mexico
  • What is the name of this flower?
    marigolds
  • 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 is the name of the papers used to decorate the altars?
    colorful "papel picado"