Monday, November 5, 2007

Paragraph 4: Dead's Day and Halloween

Halloween is a holiday where the people do things to celebrate witches' night, because it is a day where people feast all souls' day.

Day of the Dead is a holiday that is very popular in Mexico, because this day we make many parties and many altars for the dead.

Paragraph 3: DAY OF THE DEAD

Day of the Dead is a holiday that is very popular in Mexico. This day people make altars, offerings of flowers, and rituals. In the altar you usual find photos, food, cempasuchil's flowers, bottles of tequila, mezcal, pulque or atole, and scarecrows. The more popular food is the bread of the dead and scarecrows candy. The children disquise of skeletons, devils, witches, Catrinas, mummies and little angels; to ask for their calaverita (little scarecrow). Day of the Dead or all souls' day is a day where the cementeries are full of much people.

Paragraph 2: HALLOWEEN

Halloween is a holiday where peolple do things to celebrate witches' night. In this day you can see children weaving disguisesof devils, vampires, princes, scarecrows, wirches and so on; you can also see door decoration with orange and purple string lights, jack-o'-lanterns in all sides, in some places you can see inflatable decorations of mosters, tombstones, ans so on; it is usual that young people shout "trick or treat" serching candies. The favorite candy es the apple cover with caramel. In Halloween, people make gloomy parties, jests, and much things more.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

"Why most people in Mexico prefer celebrate the day of the dead?"

In Mexico, there are too mny people who consider that the day of the dead is more traditional, religious, interesting and funnier, because it is a Mexican traditional and popular holiday. For some people, it is just a celebration to have fun, but in the other hand, there are too many people who expect, and celebrat with devotion and respect this day. That is why most people prefer or consider more important the day of the dead.

"Día de los muertos in Mexico"

Too many people in Mexico belive in life after dead. They celebrate the "Day of the dead" on November 2nd. People celebrate this important and traditional day in honor of their dead relatives. In this day, people usually by marygold flowers and cook their dead relative favorite dish. Nowadays too many people think that the dead is not the end.

Paragraph II: Halloween

Halloween is a very popular American holiday. The Halloween celebration party is in the night of October 31st. Kids usually wear too many types of costumes like dead people, witches, mommies, etc. In the night of October 31st children visit houses asking for candies, money or whatever they ask for, saying thick or treating.
without Halloween, the October 31st night means nothing!!!