DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

What is an ofrenda?

• An ofrenda is a table for a big meal for your family and friends

• An ofrenda is a skull made of sugar and decorated with icing and glitter

• An ofrenda is a photo of an ancestor in a small metal frame

• An ofrenda is a temporary altar full of offerings to ancestors

What is something you might find on an ofrenda?

• Marigolds

• Photos of ancestors

• Offerings of food

• All these things

What is papel picado?

• Cut paper banners

• Special bread for ancestors

• Paper flowers

• Sugar skulls

What is pan de muerto?

• Cut paper banners

• sugar skulls

• bread for ancestors

• paper flowers

What other items might you find on an ofrenda?

• Halloween decorations

• Anything your ancestors enjoyed when they were alive

• Pictures of living people

• Scary things

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Where might people celebrate Dias de los Muertos?

• In a cemetary

• In a public place

• In people's homes

• All these answers are correct

Why are marigolds used to celebrate Dias de los Muertos?

• Because they are gold like golden treasure

• Because they are orange like cheese

• Because their color and scent is said to pass through to our ancestors

• Because they are cheap and easy to find

Why do some people celebrate Dias de los Muertos?

• Because it's a big party and that's really fun.

• Because it's the end of the harvest season.

• Because it's Halloween.

• Because remembering our ancestors keep them alive in the land of the dead.

What is this special table called?

• Fotos

• Flores

• Altar

• Pan

How do you say Sugar skulls in Español?

• Ojos

• Cabezas

• Calaveras de Azúcar

• Colores