vocabulario

Día de los muertos

A holiday celebrated on Nov. 1 and 2 to remember deceased family and friends.

El día de los muertos

calaveraDecorated skullsSugar skullsSatirical poems, that often make fun of

politics

CalacaA skeleton figure representing death

Esqueleto = skeleton

Panteón, tumbatomb

PosadaMexican artist who drew political cartoonsHe also created La Catrina

◦Catrina is a woman in Victorian clothes Feathered hat and long skirt

Papel picadoCut paper decorations

◦Fragile paper reminds us life is fragile◦Intricate designs; often of skeletons

velaCandle

◦Used on altars and tombs to guide the souls home

illuminacionCeremony that takes place in the graveyard

when hundreds of candles are lit to guide the souls

Pan de muertoBread of the dead

◦Sweet bread◦Sometimes in the form of birds, fish, skull and

crossbones

Altar de muertosThe offering that the family sets aside for

their dead relatives

La ofrendaThe offering left on the altar for the

deceased.

dulceCandySweet

AlfeniqueSugar paste candy treats

◦Often in form of a skull or animals

Cementerio flores

Cemetery flowers

cempazuchitlOrange marigold flower

◦Used to decorate altars and tombs The bright color and scent help guide the souls backUsed to make a path from the door to the altar

mariposaButterfly

◦Aztecs thought monarch butterflies were souls of deceased warriors returning to visit.

Los angelitosSouls of the dead children who visit Nov 1

copalIncense

◦The smoke helps guide the souls back

moleSauce made of many ingredients including:

chocolate, chile peppers, bread, seeds

rosqueteBread in the form of a pink circle (circle of life/death)

Día de todos los santosAll Saints DayCatholic holiday on Nov. 1 to celebrate all

saints, known and unknown.

Hueso disfraz

Bone costume

máscaramask

chapulínGrasshopper

◦Some people like to eat chocolate covered grasshoppers

Difunto, muertodead