Day of the Dead

        Today we celebrated Day of the Dead. It is a Mexican/Latin American holiday that celebrates the great lives your dead ancestors had. Not to mourn them. I think that  Day of the Dead is very different than Halloween but I also think that they have many similarities.

        I gained this idea because Halloween and Day of the Dead both have many skulls and treats but Halloween is about scary costumes and candy but Day of the Dead is about remembering your dead loved ones and their happy lives and giving them offerings.

        I think that this effects me because in America we celebrate Halloween and eat a lot of candy and dress up in scary costumes but it doesn't really have a meaning. Meanwhile, in Mexico and Latin America they are celebrating their loved ones and remembering their nice lives. This effects me because America doesn't have a holiday that celebrates our loved ones so we don't have a special time to remember them.

        This effects the greater world because since we don't have a holiday to celebrate the dead we might pass it on to other countries and then no other country will have a holiday that celebrates their dead loved ones.