Dia De Los Muertos also known as Day Of The Dead, is a Mexican tradition where families create altars in remembrance of loved ones that are no longer with us. Altars that are decorated with favorites items, foods and the loved one(s) picture.
Now a mom, This is one tradition that I absolutely love teaching Frida about, her curiosity and intrigue about it is something I love to see. When we are getting ready to build our altar, I tell her stories about loved ones she sadly did not meet but knows of due to this beautiful custom, she loves to help in getting the items we will be placing on the altar.
I remember when Frida first asked my about Why we celebrate Dia De Los Muertos?
It caught me off guard and honestly I was a little confused, how do I explain DEATH to her, thats even though it is a natural part of life, it is still something we tend to shy away from the subject.
Before I could answer her she told me " Mommy, we celebrate Dia De Los Muertos to remember our family that we love so much!"
I answered her "Yes, we love our Family and even though they are no longer with us, we celebrate our love for them."Before I could answer her she told me " Mommy, we celebrate Dia De Los Muertos to remember our family that we love so much!"
Every year as soon as we start getting ready to create our altar, Frida loves to help in getting things prepared, we go buy favorite food items, flowers and other things we will place in the altar.
While we create the altar we play music each one of our loved ones enjoyed listening to, share stories of our loved ones and creating new memories with each other.
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| " The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living." |
Dia de los Muertos is special to myself and has become special to Frida, we will keep setting up our altar every October 31-Nov.2. We will remember our loved ones with much love and understand that even though there presence is no longer with us their love will carry on.
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| " When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure." |
