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Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a celebration held in Mexico and in Central American countries where family members commemorate their ancestors in a way that is different from customs in the United States. This important holiday is held on November 1 and November 2. It is a holiday that mixes parts of Roman Catholicism with Native American traditions that pre-date the arrival of the Spanish in the Americas.
Families often set up offerings or altars called ofrendas, either at home or at the cemetery. Throughout the Dia de los Muertos will remember their ancestors by honoring their memory, by feasting on foods (such as pan de muerto, sugar skulls or calaveras de azucar), and playing or singing the songs which were favored by their ancestors. Some ofrendas are also decorated with marigolds and calaveras made of papier-mache.
