The Day Of The Dead

This is a festival in Mexico. It's the day they honour their dead. They go to say hello to them, make sure they know they are not forgotten. They take photos, flowers, toys to the graves and have a picnic there, eating and drinking, playing music and singing songs. They sit and talk to the dead.

Sweets are made in the shape of skulls and skeletons.

The Day Of The Dead is not a sad or sorrowful occasion, but a happy one. It's a way for the living to accept that Death is a part of Life, that they are not afraid of it, and that they are a part of something much bigger.