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 Posted: Fri 3:21, 27 May 2011 Post subject: Mexico's Day Of The Dead |
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early spanish Conquistadors that landed in Mexico were quite astounded at a native practice which arose to mock the conception of death. This was a practice that had been emulated because at least 3000 annuals.
Although the Spanish offered to eradicate this ancient custom they had not luck what-so-ever in doing away with it. This ceremony namely commonly understood as the Día de los Muertos, or in English as the Day of the Dead.
This ritual has remind celebrations all approximately the nation of Mexico and is enjoyed by both the juvenile and the antique. Although the catholic theology has attempted to merge the fancies of the Dia de los Muertos with the fashion religion it still maintains its elementary principles of it’s Aztec roots with its use of skulls and associated paraphernalia.
A visit to Mexico during the month of November will reveal folk donning manifold wooden skull disguises commonly known as calacas and you can readily penetrate these folk dance in prestige of their relatives which have past on. Many families have altars established among and these wooden skulls will ultimately bring ... to an end creature placed above them as a devotion to these dead forefathers.
To see these activities is truly one interesting experience. Sugar skulls inscribed with the names of the various dead relatives upon the forehead are literally dined by an of the relatives.
The Aztecs kept people skulls as a arrange of trophy and would display them during these rituals. These skulls symbolized both death and rebirth combined. The human skulls honored the dead which the Aztecs trusted would come back during the month long celebration to visit the deceased home.
Interestingly,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], unlike the vanquishing Spanish who generally viewed death as life’s terminal end the Aztec naturals viewed the situation as a continuation of our present life. Therefore, instead of developing a fear of decease the originals hugged it to the fullest. Their philosophy was that our present life was merely a dream and only when we experience death did we chance truly {awake|wake up}.
Needless to say the Spaniards considered this death ritual as sacrilegious and penetrated the Aztecs as pagan and barbaric. During their attempts to convert the natives to their religion they made every effort they could to crush the beliefs in this ritual. However the Aztec belief simply refused to work away and proceeded to our present day.
Today this party is honored on the Christian daytime known as All Saints' Day or All Souls' Day which is the 1st of November. If you blueprint to visit Mexico during these days you owe it to yourself to view these amusing and colorful celebrations.
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