Dia De Los Muertos

What does "Dia De Los Muertos" mean when translated into English?

• Day of the Skulls

• Day of the Dead

• Holiday of the Family

• Holiday of the Skeleton

Where did Dia de los Muertos originate?

• Mesoamerican culture, now widespread throughout Mexico

• The countryside villages of France and Spain

• Deep within the rainforests of The Amazon

• The central western states of the America, including Texas and Arizona.

What is a Sugar Skull?

("Calavera" is the Spanish translation)

• Usually worn as a face mask on holidays like the Spanish Independence Day.

• A paste made out of sugar and milk, used to cleanse the head.

• A traditional snack eaten weeks prior to Dia de los Muertos to give the Mexican peoples strength.

• The most well known symbol for Dia de los Muertos, and a representation of the diseased family members being celebrated.

Check the traditions of the Dia De Los Muertos celebration.

• Creating Sugar Skulls

• Eating pan de muerto

• Taking part in the Catrina parade

• Going from door to door asking for candy, with the phrase "Trick or Treat"

• Telling stories to remember diseased loves ones.

In your own words, explain what a symbol is. And give one example of a symbol.

Imagine what the color green symbolizes to you. You may select more than one.

• Recycling and taking care of the planet

• Money

• Spring Time

• Luck

• Something else? Silently think of your answer.

Name one symbol that describes something about who you are as a person.

Select the set of complimentary contrasting colors.

• Red and Green

• Red and Orange

• Red and Pink

• Red and Purple

Select the set of complimentary contrasting colors.

• Light Blue and Dark Blue

• Blue and Orange

• Blue and Purple

• Yellow and Orange

Define "negative spaces" in your Sugar Skull art work.

• The open blank spaces on the page, that I will need to fill in with symbols and color.

• The sad parts of my drawing.

• The spaces on the page with no more room for additional detail.