"El Dia de los Muertos"

In Spanish class we recently studied El Dia de los Muertos, The day of the dead. We done numerous things to celebrate this.This included make skeletons out of paper then making one out of sugar. We also done two worksheet in which we had to translate. From this worksheet we learned that many families take part in this two day celebration. I learned a lot of interesting things. One of the most memorable was that the families had to provide food for their visitors. They built alters to welcome the spirits to the"living world". I realy liked the fact that this was a celebration for the lives left by the no longer living. I didnt like some of the food that i seen people provide for their visitors. I found it very interesting that so many people took part in this celebration. It was very interesting that there is actually a celebration in which lost loved ones are celebrated. El Dia de los Muertos is similar to the American tradition of Halloween. They are similar in the fact that they both celebrate the dead in a sense. They both allow for people to put up decorations and in some cases cook some very interesting foods. Both Halloween and El Dia de los Muertos allows children to let their creativity flow. The main difference between the American tradition of Halloween and the Lastin american tradition of El Dia de los Muertos is that on halloween children go out "trick or treating." El Dia de los Muertos is a very interesting tradition celebrated not only by Mexico but other countries as well. One of these known countries is Equador. El Dia de los Muertos is very interesting tradition that should remain strong for future generations.