{"id":4971,"date":"2017-06-19T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahia-principe.com\/blog\/?p=4971\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T09:45:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T07:45:17","slug":"the-day-of-the-dead-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/curiosities\/the-day-of-the-dead-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"The Day of the Dead in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The celebration, in Mexico, of Day of the Dead<\/strong> is a pre-Hispanic holiday<\/strong> in honor of the departed, celebrated\u00a0on November 1st. and 2nd, in conjunction with the Catholic celebrations of All Souls Day and All Saints.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Hanal Pix\u00e1n<\/strong>, which in Mayan means “Food of souls”. In the towns and cities of Mayan origin or influence in the Yucatan Peninsula people prepare this traditional food offered to the dead during the commemorations, on October 31st children are reminded, on November 1st adults and November 2nd all saints.
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The celebration begins much earlier with embroidered tablecloths used on the table, the handcrafting of clay dishes, candle wax, and so on. It is made a general cleaning of the house and patios, fences are painted. According to belief, the food placed on the altar is consumed in spirit by the souls to whom this are dedicated, leaving behind only the physical presence of food.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The elements of the Altar<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The table<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Now a days, the table is of any material, whether for children or adults . Traditional materials generally used on the table are usually made of mud, clay, wood and J\u00edcara bowls. Is common among the offerings presented on the table, objects of other materials such as bottles of liquor, pictures and objects that remind the deceased.<\/p>\n
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The Tablecloth<\/strong><\/h4>\n
The meaning of the tablecloth is attributed to the clouds, inspired by the European\/Christian\u00a0worldview of \u00a0heaven and hell.<\/p>\n
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The Censer<\/strong><\/h4>\n
It stands to give light and pleasant scent to the\u00a0essence of the food for enjoyment\u00a0of the\u00a0souls. The resin burning \u00a0is\u00a0copal.<\/p>\n
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Salt and water<\/strong><\/h4>\n
On the altar are placed two containers each other with water and salt, the meaning is related to the origin and end of life, on the other hand it is believed to protect the souls of “ill winds” and guides them through the path to avoid being trapped in this world, for this reason this elements can not miss.<\/p>\n
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Mukbil chicken or Pib<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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It is the most typical element and what distinguishes the Mayan altars of those from other regions of the country. It’s kind of tamale (corn cake) stuffed with meat stews and corn cooked in a hole in the ground that is built with heated limestone with firewood where the pib is \u00a0placed covered with clean leafs clean of resin after covered with soil. The hot stone bed achieves the cooking.<\/p>\n
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Candy and chocolate skulls<\/strong><\/h4>\n
A skull candy or chocolate skulls are widely used for Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico and also a made of mud toys, which are shaped like skull in both cases are usually very small.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 The celebration, in Mexico, of Day of the Dead is a pre-Hispanic holiday in honor of the departed, celebrated\u00a0on November 1st. and 2nd, in conjunction with the Catholic celebrations of All Souls Day and All Saints. \u00a0 Hanal Pix\u00e1n, which in Mayan means “Food of souls”. In the towns and cities of Mayan origin or influence in the Yucatan Peninsula people prepare this traditional food offered to the dead during the commemorations, on October 31st children are reminded, on November 1st adults and November 2nd all saints. The celebration begins much earlier with embroidered tablecloths used on the table, the handcrafting of clay dishes, candle wax, and so on. It is made a general cleaning of the house and patios, fences are painted. According to belief, the food placed on the altar is consumed in spirit by the souls to whom this are dedicated, leaving behind only the physical presence of food.\u00a0 \u00a0 The elements of the Altar The table Now a days, the table is of any material, whether for children or adults . Traditional materials generally used on the table are usually made of mud, clay, wood and J\u00edcara bowls. Is common among the offerings presented on the table, objects of other materials such as bottles of liquor, pictures and objects that remind the deceased. \u00a0 The Tablecloth The meaning of the tablecloth is attributed to the clouds, inspired by the European\/Christian\u00a0worldview of \u00a0heaven and hell. \u00a0 The Censer It stands to give light and pleasant scent to the\u00a0essence of the food for enjoyment\u00a0of the\u00a0souls. The resin burning \u00a0is\u00a0copal. \u00a0 Salt and water On the altar are placed two containers each other with water and salt, the meaning is related to the origin and end of life, on the other hand it is believed to protect the souls of “ill winds” and guides them through the path to avoid being trapped in this world, for this reason this elements can not miss. \u00a0 Mukbil chicken or Pib   It is the most typical element and what distinguishes the Mayan altars of those from other regions of the country. It’s kind of tamale (corn cake) stuffed with meat stews and corn cooked in a hole in the ground that is built with heated limestone with firewood where the pib is \u00a0placed covered with clean leafs clean of resin after covered with soil. The hot stone bed achieves the cooking. \u00a0 Candy and chocolate skulls A skull candy or chocolate skulls are widely used for Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico and also a made of mud toys, which are shaped like skull in both cases are usually very small.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":7718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1332,1359,1360,1357,1358,504,1341,367,1249],"tags":[1197],"class_list":["post-4971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities","category-bahia-principe-grand-coba-en","category-bahia-principe-grand-tulum-en","category-b-ahia-principe-luxury-akumal-en","category-bahia-principe-luxury-sian-kaan-en","category-caribbean","category-culture","category-curiosities","category-mexico-en","tag-mexico-en-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bahia-principe.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}