25 janeiro 2021
El Dia de Muertos, the Day of the Dead in Mexico, has long roots...
El Dia de Muertos, the Day of the Dead in Mexico, has long roots which mix pre-contact traditions with the newer Catholic imports. It is considered a “syncretised” holiday. Which is a fancy historical way of saying the holiday was deliberately mixed to form a new creation.
El Dia de Muertos has traditionally been seen as connected to the month-long summer festival for Mictecacihuatl. She was the Aztec goddess of the underworld. With the coming of the Spanish and their traditions the timing shifted to match the Catholic holidays of All Saints’ Day (November 1st) and All Souls Day (November 2nd). This too got changed in the syncretizing and adapting process, so that in Mexico, children who have passed are remembered on November 1st, and adults on November 2nd.
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