Dias de los mertos take place on two days November the first and second. The origins took place in a South America by the Aztecs 2,500-3,000 years ago. They use a flower called cempasúchitl that is yellow (like the sun people say) to honor the dead. Dia de los muretos was originated in Mexico about 3,000 years ago by the native people who were living there before the Spanish people came. It belief was pass down to other cutlers such as the Toltecs, Maya, Zapotec, Mixtec and Aztecs. People prepare for dia de los mertos in a week advance when they make statues to celebrate their dead love ones, objects like masked and costumes, and sweets for example sugar skull.
Dia de los mertos are celebrated on November 1st and 2nd . On the first day which is called all saints day is when they remember the children who passed away by putting toys and colorful object on their graves. On the second they remember the adults who passed …show more content…
It first started in Mexico about around 3000 years ago by the native people. When the Spanish came to the Americas in the 16th hundreds they saw the Aztecs celebrating Dia de los muertos it in their image. There were some rituals that the Aztecs where doing that the Spanish dislike so they tried to convert them into Catholicism. They did covert them but the Aztecs still stick to tier roots of how they celebrated dia de los muertos so the Spanish added some tradition to make it more holy. People celebrate dia de los muertos on November 1st and 2nd. November the 1st is called all saint day to celebrate the kids who have died in the past by decorating tier graves. On November the 2nd is called all souls day when the adults who passé away are remembered and their grave are decorated too. The people also party’s on these two days and also makes sweets like sugar skulls and pan de muerto which can be only sold on these two