The feast of the dead in Mexico

 Who those of us  do not have the dread of watching the skulls and hearing the stories of the dead ... These are some of the pictures that decorate the streets of Mexican cities a few days before the beginning of November of every year, where the smell of death smears from every corner in preparation for the celebration of the Feast of the Dead Muertos).
In a strange ritual, Mexico is dying with a noisy celebration every year for a people to believe that the spirits of the dead come back to meet their families and loved ones. Families are prepared to meet with delicious food and sweets.
It may seem a strange irony to celebrate the "Feast of the Dead" in Mexico, but in the local popular culture, it is a means of ridicule.
The festival, which is held annually on the first and second of November, is one of the most unusual holidays in the world. It is a strange occasion in which people recall the memories of their relatives with feelings of joy.
The difference of other cultures across the world, where death is usually associated with grief and sorrow, celebrates in a joyous atmosphere the "feast of the dead", which dates back to the civilizations of the Aztecs and the Maya.
According to the old Mexican beliefs, deceased relatives return to visit their families every year. They have to welcome their dead and welcome them and serve their favorite dishes from Mexican cuisine rich in its flavors and colors.
According to the beliefs inherited in Mexico before the Spanish came, the imminent return of the dead is not a cause for sorrow and sorrow, but an occasion to celebrate and highlight the hospitality of the Mexicans.
Historians say that the arrival of the Spaniards into the Aztecs in the fifteenth century did not affect the traditions that were adapted to the Catholic feast of St. Catholics, while retaining their ceremonial nature.
For Mexicans, it is a occasion where they enjoy a family meeting. Parents gather around a table to evoke, in family feelings, the memory of missing relatives.
The ancestral rituals of this celebration, which historians are likely to date back 3,500 years ago, include visiting tombs to put wreaths on the graves of relatives.
Each family decorates the tombs of its dead with wreaths of roses and candles, a desire of the living to "entertain" the dead in their unknown worlds and share moments of happiness, according to popular belief.
The food and sweets are prepared for this special occasion, some in the form of skulls offered as offerings to the festival's guests from the dead, while the neighborhood is prevented from approaching the banquet until the end of the celebration for the popular belief that the souls of the dead consume the spiritual value of food, About worthless food.
Upon returning to the house, the family goes to a place where the deceased's mementos, which are usually fixed in the room where the deceased lived, are assembled.
Perhaps the most important moment in the "feast of the dead," is the sharing of family members pieces of cakes in the form of skulls, writing on each of the name of a relative lost by the family.
As with any authentic Mexican feast or holiday, especially the "Feast of the Dead", the famous "Death Loaf" and "Mariacci" do not miss these occasions.
The celebration may seem scary, but it is an important part of the Mexican people's spiritual beliefs in Diya de los Muertos, which is very similar to the celebration of the "halo"
In addition to the celebratory nature of the day, there is an important economic dimension, where the commercial sector in the Federal District estimated the economic impact of this holiday at about one billion pesos (1 dollar equivalent to 13 pesos)
In this regard, the National Chamber of Commerce in Mexico City expects an increase in sales by up to 80 percent.

The Chamber pointed out that per capita consumption would reach 450 pesos in this period, which would represent an important return of about 1 billion pesos in Mexico City for small and medium-sized businesses, mainly from the sale of flowers, bread, sweets, souvenirs, 

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