When does Dia de los Muertos occur?

• November 1-2

• November 3-4

• October 1-2

• October 31

What does Dia de los Muertos mean?

• Day of the Dead

• Day of the Skeletons

• Day of the Monsters

• Day of the Spanish

What is an ofrenda?

• an altar/table where people honored the dead

• spice that is burned to make an area smell good

• bread used to decorate altars

• paper decorations

What is incense?

• spice that is burned to make an area smell good

• happy skeleton figures

• sugar skull

• paper decorations

What is pan de muerto?

• bread used to decorate altars

• Mexican flowers

• sugar skulls

• spice that is burned to make an area smell good

What is papel picado?

• paper decorations

• Mexican flowers

• altar where people honored the dead

• happy skeleton figures

What is a marigold?

• a Mexican flower

• bread used to decorate an altar

• sugar skull

• paper decorations

What are calacas?

• happy skeleton figures

• bread used to decorate an altar

• spices that are burned to make an area smell good

• paper decorations

What are calaveras?

• sugar skulls

• bread that is used to decorate an altar

• altars used to honor the dead

• Mexican flowers

Why is Dia de los Muertos celebrated?

• to honor and remember loved ones that have passed away

• to celebrate scary ghosts

• to send evil spirits away