Dia de Muertos / Halloween

Which tradition is more famous: Dia de Muertos or Halloween?

• Halloween

• Día de Muertos

Which of the two traditions is more ancient?

• Day of Dead

• Halloween

The Day of the Dead has its origins in the country of _____, whereas Halloween has it in _______. (divide with a comma, pay attention to spelling and punctuation)

Both traditions have become more famous or popular by the following mean:

• newspapers

• tabloids

• posters

• movies

• theater plays

The main reasons to celebrate Dia de Muertos are:

• remember people who have died

• honour people who have died

• contact dead people with a medium

• enlighten the path of those who are dead

How do Mexicans celebrate Día de Muertos?

• set altars

• cook the foodstuff the dead person used to like

• dance in couples

• distribute cake and cookies to everyone

• visit the dead in graveyards

This image corresponds to the movie:

• Coco

• El libro de la vida

• Hasta los Huesos

The video clip you watched is from the Mexican movie "Macario". To whom was the man talking and sharing his food with?

• just an ordinary man

• to a farmer

• to death personified

• to a hungry man

What did Macario expect from inviting the death to eat with him?

• to have an interesting and one of a kind talk

• to get to know the dead in person

• to extend his life by tricking the death

• to show that he was a very understanding man

The video dealt with two main aspects of the Catrina make up, its origin and the particular style used in that session, tick all the appropriate choices.

• Talavera artwork is original from Puebla and Tlaxcala

• Talavera artwork is original from Puebla and Michoacán.

• The origin for Catrinas derives from an ancient Aztec goddess of the dead.

• The caricature style appeared before the pre hispanic civilizations.

• Further art was done by Diego Rivera.