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Clatter Bash!: A Day of the Dead Celebration
What you need to know before your trail
At dusk on the holiday known as the Day of the Dead, a Mexican family has set out fiesta offerings in the graveyard in hopes that departed loved ones may return to visit. The playful skeletons rise from their graves to celebrate with gusto. All night long, they sing, dance, dine, tell stories, and play games. As morning approaches, they give thanks for their night of fun, tidy up after themselves, and leave no trace of their “clatter bash” behind as they return to their coffins until next year’s Day of the Dead.
Travel Guide
Day of The Dead
The days of the dead are actually a celebration of life. People go to visit their loved ones graves and take gifts of food and other items for them. The spirits return to earth in this day and the gifts are for them to take with them when they leave.
Children dance with caricatures of death, eat skull sugar molds and are told that life is brief and that they should live life to the full. They place their loved ones favourite foods at the graveside, alcohol and often salt which is a staple of life and which adds flavour to it
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Clatter Bash!: A Day of the Dead Celebration
Author/Guide: Richard Keep Destination: Spain, Mexico
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