Nov, 2011 we use your linkedin profile and activity data to personalize ads and to show you more relevant ads. She is offered as a satirical portrait of those mexican natives who, posada felt, were aspiring to adopt european aristocratic traditions in the prerevolution era. It shares with the reader an explanation of how and why this holiday is celebrated. The multiday holiday involves family and friends gathering to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and helping support their. These altars are decorated with bright yellow marigold flowers, photos of the departed, and the favorite foods and drinks of the one being honored. Day of the dead combines the ancient aztec custom of celebrating ancestors with all souls day, a holiday that spanish invaders brought to mexico starting in the early 1500s. S despite the white faces and the skulls, its not meant to be a spooky holiday and its not halloween. We use your linkedin profile and activity data to personalize ads and to show you more relevant ads. The holiday, which is celebrated mostly in mexico on november 1 and 2, is like a. The holiday, which is celebrated mostly in mexico on november 1 and 2, is like a family reunionexcept dead ancestors are the guests of honor. Families create ofrendas offerings to honor their departed family members that have passed. Families make art of different types to decorate the graves of relatives as well as altars honoring the dead. Thousands of new, highquality pictures added every day. There are altars draped in cloth and covered in marigolds and twinkling candles.