Maybe, you could come one November to México.
We have a beautiful celebration.
In our homes, we do an altar, two or three weeks before first weekend of
November.
In the altar, we put:
- Pictures from our ancestors and from loved people who died
- The "dead bread". It's a delicious bread that we only cooked in this time
of the year.
- "Sugar skulls" with the name of the people who we want to honor in our altar
- Some of us put skulls with our names, to remember that one day, we will die
too.
- "Cut Paper". A beautiful color paper cut in beautiful forms.
- And Cempasuchitl flowers.
The day before of November 01st we cooked the favorite food for the people who
is in our altar.
Some of us eat that food in our homes, and some others, respecting the original
tradition, take that food and eat it in the cemetery over the tumbs of our
ancestors.
We eat in honor of them and believing that their hearts are with us.
For me, is one of our more beautiful traditions.
We believe when our ancestors see that we remember them, they blessing us in
life.
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El 11/03/2013, a las 15:18, jack blackwell <travelerjbjb@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:
Hi All,
This is a very interesting topic, which I have never heard of before. I came
across it while doing some research on the context of ancestral relating.
Some of you may enjoy exploring the ways that different cultures honor and
communicate with their deceased relatives.
Here is the concept on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veneration_of_the_dead
Blessings, Jack
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