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PART A
Use the Webliography below to research El D�a de los Muertos. Find the answers to
the following questions as you search the internet.
1. What is the Spanish name of the holiday that honors loved ones? Dia de los Muertos
2. What are the dates of the Days of the Dead? November 1st, November 2nd
3. What day is set aside for the remembrance of deceased infants and children?
November 1st
4. What is English term for the flower of the dead? Marigolds
5. What is an ofrenda? Give examples of what might be used as an ofrenda? An ofrenda
is an offering to the dead. The offering can be called an altar. On the top of the altar is a
crucifix, or can be a picture of the person that died. Covering the altar is a white sheet,
surrounded by flowers, and items that belonged to the dead or that the dead liked.
6. What is pan de los muertos? Day of the Dead bread
7. What image is a common symbol for the holiday? Calacas-skeletons
8. What do they call the souls of deceased children? –Los Angelitos
9. What is decorated for this hoilday? –Altars and cemeteries are decorated
10. Why are candles and incense burned? –To light the way for the dead back home
Identify each of the following Spanish words or phrases by writing either its English
equivalent or a description.
11. cempazuchitl -marigold
12. calaca -skeleton
13. papel picado –cut paper
14. Jose Guadalupe Posada and "La Catrina"-Jose Guadalupe is a painter that created “la
Catrina” is an image of a high society woman that is a skeleton in clothing. La catrina is
a Spanish word meaning well dressed, rich
15. copal -incense
16. alfeniques-sugar skulls
17. cascarones –confetti-filled eggs
18. mole -sauce
19. atole –a drink made from corn meal, water, and fruit
20. calaveras-skulls