Day of the Dead in the USA, Second Edition

Author: Regina M Marchi
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1978821638
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 239

Book Description
Examines how Day of the Dead celebrations among America's Latino communities have changed throughout history, discussing how the traditional celebration has been influenced by mass media, consumer culture, and globalization.

The Day of the Dead

Author: Shawn D. Haley
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781845450830
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
The Day of the Dead is the most important annual celebration in Oaxaca, Mexico. Skillfully combining textual information and photographic imagery, this book begins with a discussion of the people of Oaxaca, their way of life, and their way of looking at the world. It then takes the reader through the celebration from the preparations that can begin months in advance through to the private gatherings in homes and finally to the cemetery where the villagers celebrate together -- both the living and the dead. The voices in the book are of those people who have participated in the Day of the Dead for as long as they can remember. There are no ghosts here. Only the souls of loved ones who have gone to the Village of the Dead and who are allowed to return once a year to be with their family. Very readable and beautifully illustrated, this book provides an extensive discussion of the people of Oaxaca, their way of life and their beliefs, which make the Day of the Dead logical and easily comprehensible.

The Days of the Dead

Author: John Greenleigh
Publisher: Pomegranate
ISBN: 0764906194
Category : All Souls' Day
Languages : en
Pages : 124

Book Description
The Days of the Dead offers a remarkable journey within Mexico's traditional holiday honoring departed ancestors, friends, and family. Each aspect of the multiday festival is carefully explored, from the journey to the cemeteries to spruce up neglected gravesites to the lively marketplace selling breads and candies in the shapes of skulls and skeletons and finally, the peaceful vigil as friends and families crowd the cemeteries to await the arrival of their loved ones through the long night. San Francisco-based photographer John Greenleigh traveled to small towns in Mexico in four different years to document this extraordinary festival. Accompanied by evocative text by cultural scholar Rosalind Rosoff Beimler, the pictures speak eloquently to a ritual that is at once mocking and respectful of death -- and ultimately affirming of human life.

Day of the Dead

Author: Tony Johnston
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152024468
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Describes a Mexican family preparing for and celebrating the Day of the Dead.

Dining with the Dead

Author: Mariana Nuno Ruiz McEnroe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940322384
Category : All Souls' Day
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Dining with the Dead is an unforgettable cultural and culinary odyssey. Traditional, celebratory Mexican food is the soul of this one-of-a-kind cookbook. Make tamales, pozoles, pan de muerto, and many other festive, iconic dishes. Learn about altars, sugar skulls, and decorations. Unlock the essence of chiles, make scratch tortillas, and perfect the king of the moles. Highlights:? 112+ delicious recipes? 540+ beautiful and mouthwatering photos? 8 x 10-inch hardcover? Ingredients and how to find them and treat them? Numbered instructions? Photographic step-by-step instructions? Homemade foods, created from scratch? Crafting instructions included as well? Learn the origins of Día de Muertos? Learn about altars and ofrendas (offerings)? Venture into the night vigil at the cemetery in Mexico

The Day of the Dead

Author: Antoni Cadafalch
Publisher: Fastprint Publishing
ISBN: 9781907621017
Category : All Souls' Day
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Presents artworks in a variety of media by artists from Mexico and other countries that commemorate the Day of the Dead and depict its chief symbol, the "calavera" or human figure with a skull for a face and often a skeleton for a body.

Day of the Dead Activity Book

Author: Karl Jones
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0843173009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Day of the Dead or Día de Los Muertos is a vibrant fall holiday celebrated through the United States, Mexico and central America. In this award-winning activity book, readers explore an illustrated world illuminating the traditions and history of Day of the Dead through a series of mazes, puzzles and activities, using press out forms to create shrines and masks which can be decorated with the stickers included in the book, preparing readers young and old for this vibrant cultural celebration.

Day of the Dead

Author: Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
Describes the activities associated with the Mexican holiday known as the Day of the Dead.

Clatter Bash!

Author: Richard Keep
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1561454613
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Get ready for a colorfully entertaining Day of the Dead celebration! Graveyard skeletons shake, rattle, and roll as a Mexican family marks the annual Day of the Dead holiday. At dusk on the holiday known as 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 to the stars 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. Author-illustrator Richard Keep's rollicking rhyme―sprinkled with Spanish words―captures the bone-rattling sounds and fun of the evening. An illustrated afterword gives information about the customs associated with el Día de los Muertos, a Mexican celebration of honoring relatives who have passed on.

Day of the Dead

Author: Linda Lowery
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 9780876149140
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Introduces the holiday, Day of the Dead, or Dâia de los Muertos, and describes how it is celebrated in Mexico and in the United States.