Dia de los muertos

Dia de los Muertos is a national holiday in Mexico. In English it is called the Day of Dead. It is a three day holiday from Oct. 31-Nov. 2 when they remember, celebrate, and mock the lives of their loved ones. It is ok to make fun of the deceased because it is a way to remember them. They set up alters for their loved ones. They have food, pictures, alcohols, candles, and flowers on their alters. The food is there to show that their loved come back for these 3 days and eat their favorite food and drink their favorite drink. It is very interesting. The different days represent different happenings. The first day is to remember deseased children, the second day is for deseased adults, and teh third day people go spend time with their loved ones in teh cemeteries. In the Plaza Grande they had very elegant alters set up. It was beautiful. We also ate the traditional Day of the Dead food. It is called molbi pollo. It was very interesting but good. We have also been to many churches and hacienda lately. Hacienda are huge henequen plantations from the past. Some still run on a much today on a much smaller scale. I will have more to come shortly.