Back to category: History

Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper.

Aztecs Day Of The Dead

Day of the Dead
Imagine yourself in a cemetery, commemorating your great-grandpa. Dia De Los
Muertos (The Day of the Dead) is celebrated in Mexico on November 2nd. The Day of
the Dead is one of Mexico's traditional holidays reuniting and honoring beloved ancestors,
family, and friends.
To begin, the historical roots of this celebration date back to the pre-Hispanic
cultures of Meso-America of the indigenous people, especially the Nahua (Aztecs,
Mayans, Toltecas, Tlaxcaltec, Chichimec, Tecpanec) and others native to Mexico more
than 3,000 years ago. Life was seen as a dream...

Posted by: John Mayes

Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper.