![]() Orale Mexican Kitchen in Jersey City has a great example of an altar in their front window, which has pictures of Kurt Cobain, Heath Ledger, Jim Morrison, and Marilyn Monroe. ![]() While the occasion sounds somber, it is actually one of love, celebration, and feasts. The goal of these acts is to entice their relatives’ spirits to visit, as it is believed that spirits come back to the living world on those days. ![]() People visit and clean their relatives’ gravesites at cemeteries build altars (or ofrendas) with pictures and mementos of their loved ones and prepare foods that were favored by the deceased. ![]() Dia de los Muertos, or day of the dead, is a celebration that started with the Aztecs of Mexico and is still observed in Mexico and throughout Latin America, as well as in the United States.įor Dia, which lasts from October 31 until November 2, families come together to remember the deceased. ![]()
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