El Dia de Muertos ( Day of the Death) is a very important tradition in my culture. This holiday focuses on gatherings of our family and friends to pray for our friends and family members who have died. This is a mexican tradition that occurs on the 1st and the 2nd of November, including private altars honoring our ancestors, using sugar skulls, and their favorite food. We also go to the cementary and visit them, some people sing to them and bring a mariachi to expend the night with their death ancestors. In most regions of Mexico we honor our death children on the November 1st, which we called them "angelitos" and November 2nd we honor our adults, " Dia de los muertos". This is an important tradition that we celebrate thinking that our difunts come and eat the food they like and expend the night with us.
When I read it, I was amazed becanse one of Japanese customs shares some similarities with el Dia de los Muertos!! The custom called "Obon" which is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the departed spirits of one's ancestors. Japanese people believe that during the holidays, ancestors return to ancestral family places and visit their family. Around July 15, we celebrate the holiday by helding a festival, dancing, and decorating some staff. As one of the decorations, we made a horse made by using a stick and a cucumber and a cow made by a eggplant because we believe that ancestors visit us by riding the horse and the cow. Then I got a question for you. Does the sugar skulls have any meaning like this?
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