AMMEFMEXICO MichoacanUniversityofSanNicolásde Hidalgo,FacultyofMedicalandBiological Sciences"Dr.IgnacioChávez",5thyear.

DÍA DE MUERTOS (DAY OF THE DEAD)

As Contact Persons, we love to share our culture, we like to take advantage to show to our incomings every tradition and more if we are in the right month to make that they can live the real and whole experience.

Personally, I think the day of the dead is one of the most famous, strong and at the same time beautiful traditions that as Mexicans we have. In the indigenous vision implies the transitory return of the souls of the deceased, who return home, to the world of the living, to live with the relatives and to nourish themselves of the essence of the food offered to them on the altars placed in their honour.

It’s celebrated in all Mexico, but specially in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán

People remember their relatives or people who loved and died, every year on November 1 and 2, they prepare all a feast for them just like if they were coming to visit us, and there is the magic, they really feel their presence, at least once a year, and that’s like a “Gift of God”, as Doña María told us once that we, group of contact person, and our incomings went to Pátzcuaro and had the opportunity to visit pantheons, talk to some residents of there, and ask some questions, all they were kind and they told us touching and lovely anecdotes I would like to make clear is that this is not about don’t have feelings or don’t feel sad about losing someone that we love, is more about this special opportunity to feel them a little more closer, and remember all the nice moments in life of this person, commemorate their life, and pray for them. During our visit, we make sure we are respectful, and

Prudent About The Feelings Of The People

The experience to be in touch with the native people from Pátzcuaro was amazing, In the sense that our incomings lived by their own experience this tradition, they learned about the meaning of life and dead for us like mexicans and how important is to appreciated it.

In addition, we had the opportunity to show to our incomings delicious typical foods such as Tamales, Corundas, Pan de muerto Previously to our visit to Pátzcuaro and towns around, like Janitzio’s Lake, we had a talk about what Day of Dead is, we even teach them how to make cantrin/catrinas’s make up, and the meaning of every litte thing on the altars. We wanted to make sure that they would find sense of everything they saw later. We took a lot of pictures, even one of our incomings made a beautiful video, I’m sure that they had a very nice experience. This is why this socio-cultural activities are implemented in our local committee, in this way our incomings can get to know our traditions in depth, and understand why certain festivities are so loved and carried out in our country.