1. What is the name of the holiday?
Answer:Dia De Los Muertos
2. When will the holiday be celebrated in 2011?
Answer: Processions Oct 25 -, Nov 2, 2010, 7 - 9pm; Fiesta Mon-Tues Nov 1-2, 10 am - 6 pm
3. Who celebrates this holiday? (Countries, religious groups, ethnic groups)
Answer:It is celebrated by Mexicans and some mexican americans.
4. Why is this holiday celebrated? What is the significance of this holiday?
Answer:It is a day to celebrate, remember and prepare special foods in honor of those who have departed
5. How is this holiday celebrated? Include any rituals, food, costumes, dance or music associated with this holiday.
Answer:On this day in Mexico, the streets near the cemeteries are filled with decorations of papel picado, flowers, candy calaveras (skeletons and skulls), and parades.
6. What websites were used in answering these questions? (Copy and paste the web addresses
Answer:http://golosangeles.about.com/od/losangelescalendar/qt/DayoftheDead.htm
http://www3.niu.edu/newsplace/nndia.html
http://www3.niu.edu/newsplace/nndia.html
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