
{"id":13367,"date":"2010-10-28T11:48:11","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T19:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=13367"},"modified":"2010-10-28T11:51:46","modified_gmt":"2010-10-28T19:51:46","slug":"day-of-the-dead-celebrates-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2010\/10\/28\/day-of-the-dead-celebrates-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Day of the Dead celebrates life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Susan Dickson<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Staff Writer<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nThis weekend, as local trick-or-treaters take to the streets for Halloween, skeletons will be deployed as scary decorations and costumes. Meanwhile, in Mexico, skeletons will be dressed up in colorful clothing, given instruments or other props and posed in funny positions. <\/p>\n<p>Colorful, dancing skeletons and skulls are some of the symbols of the Day of the Dead, or D\u00c3\u00ada de los Muertos, a holiday celebrated on Nov. 1 and 2 in Mexico and in Mexican households in the United States. All Saints Day, a similar holiday celebrated all over the world, also celebrates the lives of those who have passed, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153but not the way that they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re celebrated in Mexico,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Sharon M\u00c3\u00bajica, a teacher at the CHICLE Language Institute in Car Mill Mall, who gave a talk about Day of the Dead at the institute on Sunday.  <\/p>\n<p>The holiday has roots in Aztec traditions and ties to Monarch butterflies, which typically arrive in Mexico around the first of November and were believed to represent the souls of the dead.<br \/>\nFor the holiday, families assemble altars in their homes to honor the dead<br \/>\nand attract the spirits. Traditional Day of the Dead bread is often used in the altars, as are cempasuchil flowers, calaveras, or skulls, candles, photos and the favorite foods and drinks of those who have passed away. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153You want to be sure that [the spirits] are well taken care of,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d M\u00c3\u00bajica said. <\/p>\n<p>On the evening of Nov. 2, families go to cemeteries, where they sit on the graves of their loved ones, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153and they have a party,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d M\u00c3\u00bajica said, eating the foods they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d placed on the altars they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d assembled. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153People said they like to be with others to remember someone they loved,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d M\u00c3\u00bajica said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have much space for that in our society.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13371\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DayOfTheDead1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DayOfTheDead1\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DayOfTheDead1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DayOfTheDead1-113x84.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DayOfTheDead1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DayOfTheDead1-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DayOfTheDead1-106x80.jpg 106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PHOTO BY SUSAN DICKSON. Sharon M\u00c3\u00bajica lights the candles on CHICLE's Day of the Dead altar. M\u00c3\u00bajica gave a talk about the traditional Mexican celebration at CHICLES on sunday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, as local trick-or-treaters take to the streets for Halloween, skeletons will be deployed as scary decorations and costumes. 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