Customs and activities related to the Day of the Dead in Mexico

Every year 1 65438+1October1and 2 are the traditional "Day of the Dead" in Latin America. People from all over Latin America have held various colorful activities since 1 to celebrate this traditional festival. In Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, people who believe in voodoo poured into the streets to hold a make-up parade and went to the cemetery to hold a ceremony to welcome the souls of ancestors who returned to the world.

In Guatemala City, the capital of Guatemala, people fly kites to celebrate the festival. In the local traditional religion, kites are the link between the dead world and the human world, and can guide the dead back to their relatives.

During the Day of the Dead, Mexicans will take the bodies of deceased relatives out of the cemetery, wash them carefully and bury them again. They think that every year 1 1.2 is the day when the souls of the dead go home. Before this day, the body of the deceased must be cleaned up. On the 2nd, a grand celebration will be held all over Mexico to celebrate the "reunion" with our ancestors.

Peruvians go to the cemetery to hold a traditional memorial ceremony on the festival day. In addition to offering flowers and toasts to tombstones, Peruvians will also hold a dinner party next to the cemetery to awaken the souls of the deceased.