Día de muertos

During today's class,  Mr K and I talked about Día de Muertos. 
Here I share some of the pictures I showed him and a small explanation of them.

I took this pictures during a trip I made to Pátzcuaro, in the state of Michoacán, in 2012. The 1st of November people in that town spend the night in the cementery, accompanying ther relatives who have passed (I remember being told that they'd do this for 7 years after their deaths). They put ornaments and flowers around their tombs. This is an old, indigenous tradition and I understand that some people in town still speak purépecha.

Pátzcuaro is a town. There's a lake there that is called Pátzcuaro, too. In the lake there's one big island called Janitzio.

Janitzio from the boat

There are many tourists for this event. There's always food too.

The cementery.

From above

The flower petal that looks like a mummy

The following day, I walked around Pátzcuaro and Tzintzuntzan, which is a town 15 kilometers away.

Me in "la casa de los once patios", in Pátzcuaro.

Pátzcuaro

Tzintzuntzan

I like Día de muertos because I think that this celebration keeps a lot of symbols from the original cultures. It is good to remember our loved ones. Also, the skeletons remind us in a humorous way that we are not going to live forever.