But the time to order is now so you will have everything by November 1. 🥀 On the blog today I’ve gathered 10 essentials from some of my favorite shops like & to make a simple altar. ✨ If you don’t have an altar tradition, it really is a beautiful way to celebrate the lives of those who have passed before us. PhotosÄo you set up a #DayoftheDead altar or ofrenda in your house? 💀🌼💜 Once we move into our new home I’d like to build a more intricate one, but until then we will use what we have and I want to encourage you to do the same. Learn about 13 items you will see in practically every Dia de los Muertos altar. These several elements welcome, celebrate, and pay homage to the dead. It usually contains three levels-for Heaven, Earth, and the underworld and represents the four elements earth, wind, fire, and water. The adult spirits visit on the All Souls Day and on the last day families attend cemeteries to decorate the graves and tombs of their ancestors.Ī major part of the Dia de los Muertos celebration, which originated in ancient Mesoamerica, is the altar, or ofrenda (offering).
Altars are made by children on the 31st to invite the spirits of dead children (angelitos) to come back to visit their families on earth. The multi-day holiday which is celebrated over three days in Mexico (and other Latin American countries)Â takes place on October 31 (All Hallows Eve), November 1 (All Saints Day), and November 2 (All Souls Day).
El Dia del Los Muertos is a special holiday for a lot of people in the Latinx community-Mexican and Central Americans especially.
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