El Dia De Los Muertos The Purpose: El Dia De Los Muertos is a Mexican holiday that focuses on the gathering of friends and families who lost someone. The purpose of this National holiday is to remember the people who died and pray for them. This event takes place every November 1st and 2nd. It’s a vent Catholics do. On November 1st its, All Saints Day, However on November 2nd its, All Souls Day.
Human sacrifice was a religious practice characteristic of pre-Columbian Aztec civilization, as well as of other Mesoamerican civilizations like the Maya and the Zapotec. The extent of the practice is debated by modern scholars. Spanish explorers, soldiers and clergy who had contact with the Aztecs between 1517, when an expedition from Cuba first explored the Yucatan, and 1521, when Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, made observations of and wrote reports about the practice of human sacrifice. For example, Bernal Díaz's The Conquest of New Spain includes eyewitness accounts of human sacrifices as well as descriptions of the remains of sacrificial victims. In addition, there are a number of second-hand accounts of human sacrifices written by Spanish friars that relate the testimony of native eyewitnesses.
El Dia de los Muertos ( Day of the dead) is celebrated every Autumn in Mexico. It is normally observed during the Catholic feasts of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day during 1st and 2nd of November. The Mexicans celebrate this 2 day holiday in return of deceased relatives to their loved ones remaining on earth. This has been a 4,000 year old celebratory tradition for the Mexican people to honor the dead. The celebration is the opportunity to laugh at death and it involves a candlelight vigil and La Llorada (the weeping).
For hundreds of years colonist in the U.S could not seem to break away from the basic effortless writing that is plain style. To the Puritans plain style was an effective way of revealing God’s wisdom and truth, but as the 17th century came to an end various writing styles of early colonial authors adapted as America changed. Towards the end of the 17th century and the 18th century, a new style of writing arrived, captivity narratives. Few writers of the pre-revolutionary age have embodied this style of writing more than Mary Rowlandson and Olaudah Equiano during the late 1600s and 1700s. Rowlandson and Equiano share many similar characteristics even though they were of different race and whose writings were decades apart.
The Spanish conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo wrote his version of what he had witnessed during the conquest, The True History of the Conquest of New Spain, decades after the Spanish victory in 1521. The spiritual conquest of the Indian Mexico commenced instantaneously after the Spanish conquistadores vanquished at the Aztec Empire military. The Spaniards were staunchly Roman Catholic. It is important to note that Spain’s rise to power resulted as a direct consequence of regaining the Iberian cape away from the Muslim rule. In Return, due to having driven out the Moors, the Pope granted the Spanish Crown authority over the Church within its spheres, efficiently making it an arm of the state.
Juan Diego was born in 1474 in the Calpulli, which was established in 1168 by Nahua tribesmen. It was conquered by the Aztec lord Axayacatl in 1467. It is located 20 kilometers north of Tenochtitlan which is now Mexico City. Juan is likely to have owned a small house and farmed a small tract of land. He was happily married, although had no children.
HERNANDO CORTES 1485-1547 Hernando Cortes was one of the bravest military leaders of all time. Born in Medellin, Spain, he was a Spanish Conquistador who conquered most of Central America. He also gave Spain three-hundred years of control over Mexico. Cortes started exploring in the early 1500’s. He explored to find riches and conquered by being observant of the natives.
I have to wondered as thought, can my family and friend that has passed away hear and protect me or is what I’m doing just a foolish family belief? Some things in life are hard to explain and it leaves us to question, is this really scientific theory, facts or just a family belief? Furthermore, Appiah goes on to write “But because finding the truth isn’t just a matter of having open eyes and a level head” (Appiah, 2006 p.44) I had
Do you celebrate holidays? If so, what are they? Ricky celebrates “Dia de Los Muerta”, which means Day of the Dead. It’s a two-day event celebrated on the days after Halloween. It is a day for family to gather and remember all the loved ones that have passed away.
So for this day we do all different things to show respect and let them know that we are thankful for them. Veterans have worked hard to keep our country a safe place to live. It is not easy to do what they do on a daily basics’. They leave their family and friends behind from months to months sometimes even from year to year. That is not an easy thing to especially if you have a girlfriend, wife, or kids.