2009年10月29日木曜日

The Day of The Dead

We are starting to introduce the Day of the Dead. I will introduce history of the Day of the Dead.
The Day of the Dead is a Mexican festival. It is on November 1st and 2nd. It is just like the Bon Festival in Japan. November 1st is the day soul of children comes back. November 2nd is the day soul of adults comes back. This event is to welcome the dead kindly, treat and see them off. These days are holiday all over Mexico and held grand event. People light a candle and offer prayer. When bell rings in the middle of the night, they have a good time by drinking, eating, dancing and singing. There are a lot of skulls in the town in this season and stands around graves. In this way people in Mexico naturally accept that dead is not horrible from childhood.