Day of the dead..💀 👻
In Venezuela and in many countries of the world it is tradition to celebrate the Day of the Dead or the Day of the Dead. Every 2nd of November we go to the cemeteries to visit the tombs of our relatives and friends. On this day many first visit the church to dedicate a mass to the deceased and then buy flowers to decorate the site where the remains of their loved ones lie.
I tell you that until recently I did not understand why in Mexico they celebrated this day in this way, and only until I saw the movie Coco and discovered many things.
The activities start from October 31, which joins the day of the witches or hallowen, the 01 and 02 of November which are dedicated to the day of all the saints and the day of the dead.
Today I bring you an embroidery of a Catrina and her partner, this image is very famous in Mexico and as I develop my post I will be explaining the process of my work and a bit of the history of the Day of the Dead, a very famous holiday in this country.
The true meaning that Mexicans want to teach us is that life continues after death, the love we feel for our family and friends makes us keep them alive in our lives, in our hearts, and death comes when we forget them, when we no longer remember the moments we lived, what we shared, what they liked.
That's why when this date arrives everyone goes to the cemetery at night and cleans their graves, makes beautiful altars, puts on the foods and fruits they like best and even their favorite music.
In the state of Campeche-Mexico, the customs go beyond the chilling, and consists of removing the remains of the deceased, cleaning them and having contact with him.
The celebration of the Day of the Dead for Mexicans is a celebration of life, of reunion, a celebration of love and respect for their deceased relatives.
It is to unite every year and keep the faith alive in the promise that someday they will meet again.
I always remember my dead with a lot of affection, I never forget them, I remember a lot those people who saw me grow up, who gave me affection, my grandparents, my uncles, but especially my father, who was a wonderful being, who raised me with a lot of affection with my brothers and I keep the best memories of my childhood.
*****In this day I want to dedicate this embroidery to them, to my dead.***
The history of La Catrina begins during the governments of Benito Juárez, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada and Porfirio Díaz. During these periods, texts written by the middle class began to become popular, criticizing both the general situation of the country and that of the privileged classes. The writings, written in a mocking manner and accompanied by drawings of skulls and skeletons, began to be reproduced in the so-called combat newspapers. These were skulls dressed in gala clothes, drinking pulque, on horseback, at festivals of high society or in a neighborhood. All to portray the misery, the political errors, the hypocrisy of a society, as is the case of "La Catrina".
One of the people who made the Catrinas known in the world was called Frida khalo who together with her husband Diego Rivera dedicated many of her paintings to this character.
We can also see that the image of the Catrina has been a reason to make movies, series, murals, fashion and many other things. Something that I like very much is that the day of the dead is already tradition to paint the face of Catrina and the artists take advantage of this day to create wonderful works.
I am very happy to have made this post and to be able to dedicate it to my loved ones who are no longer on this earthly plane, but who are still so alive in my heart, as if they had never left. Finally, I invite you to remember your grandparents, your parents if they have already left, talk about them to your children, your grandchildren and may we all remember them for many generations. I say goodbye and take care of yourselves because in this month you are frightened.
Photographic source taken with Sony HD video camera
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What an interesting way to remember the dead. For the Chinese they remember the dead around the month of April, we follow the lunar calendar. People would go to the tombstone and do tombsweeping. But there's also another month that is similar to what Halloween is, which we call it the ghost month that falls on the seventh month of the lunar calendar, but we don't have costumes lol. According to legend it says that on the seventh month the gates of hell will open and the dead will come to visit the living. So you'll see tents set up along assigned streets with idols and Chinese opera stages and the things used for worshipping the dead are being laid out. All of this are being done to appease the dead so that they will not 'terrorise' the living. Some would also burn paper money, joss sticks and offer food near their living compound too. However, there's a recent revelation that some researchers found from the artifacts and scribes when the tradition started that apparently back in the olden days in China, one of the top officials of their days who practiced astronomy knew the seventh month was a good month that brings blessings, but he had a covetous heart and wanted all the blessings to himself, so he told his underlings to put out a fake news to the peasants across the kingdom to be mindful that the seventh month is a ghost month and that they should stay indoors. So the peasants who were mostly uneducated were very fearful and hence, they were not fruitful that month. This lie has come down for many generations and is still widely practiced to this day.
This is very interesting information to me since I am here in SE Asia now. I was told by someone not to go out alone at night in the seventh month.
I lived in San Diego California for many years, and the Day of the Dead is celebrated there. A lot of people dress up and do make up just as seen in this needlework. You do lovely work, @carolinacardoza. Thank you for the reminder and I am remembering both of my parents with love at this time.
Que lindo tu post, que buena información, hermoso trabajo de punto de cruz... la verdad no he intentado punto de cruz, para mi esta sencillo lograr las cruces por adelante, pero por detrás todo un lió, y mi abuela siempre decía horizontales o verticales todas las lineas de atrás, eso nunca lo he logrado... Me encanta tu trabajo...
Gracias por compartir...
intentalo, veraz que hermoso es. en navidad puedes empezar.
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I love the movie Coco. It did explain why and how Mexicans celebrate Dia de los Muertos. And that's where I heard the name Frida Khalo. I didn't research that much about her though. Now I know her advocacy. Such an informative post! Thanks for sharing. :-)
Saludos, yo también los recordé así...un abrazo....rafa.
https://steemit.com/spanish/@rafagonzalez/halloween-vs-dia-de-los-muertos