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dia de los muertos
spanish day of the dead
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who is hernan cortes? | spanish conquistador |
| what did hernan cortes do to make spanish peopole believe chatholic? | europians took some culture and practices and meshed them to chatholic beliefs |
| who was the husband of Frida Kahlo and what did he do? | Diego Rivera and he made the Diego rivera's 1947 mural: dream of sunday afternoon |
| who came up with la catrina? | Jose G Posada |
| who said that "death is the great equalizer"? | Jose G Posada |
| who brought sugar art the spain? | Italian missionaries |
| what day is october 31th? | cleaning day. clean up house and cemitary |
| what day is november 1st? | celebration for the kids who had passed |
| what day november 2nd? | celebration for the adults |
| top part of the alter | heaven |
| middle part of the alter | earth(only white cloth) |
| bottom part of the alter | underworld |
| what is a flower of 1000 petals? | cempasuchil |
| what is the food on the alter for offering? | ofrenda |
| what is the light of the candle? | ceras |
| what does the ceras symbolize? | jesus christ reborn and faith |
| what does the flowers represent? | fragility of life |
| what does salt and water represent? | quench the thirst of the returning souls |
| what would they ear? | pan de muerto, mole, tamales |
| pan de muerto's outer shape ? | had cross over the bread |
| what did the aztecs do after cleaning the cemitary that is continueing till today? | they decorate after cleaning |