can you guess what day it is today?

Today is el dia de los muertos (or the day of the dead). It was first celebrated in Mexico, more than 3,000 years ago. The day of the dead was the basic principles of the Aztec ritual. When this 'holiday' was first celebrated the Aztecs and other Meso-American civilizations walked around their town with skulls as trophies and displayed them during the ritual. The skulls were used to symbolize death and rebirth. Now days no one would be walking around with skulls of family. Instead of real skulls people use plastic skulls, and make them themselves. November first is supposed to celebrate the death of infants and children, and November second is celebrated towards the death of adults.




That picture shows some of the skulls created.

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