Rachel Rifat

Dias de los Muertos is the most distinctive holiday of Mexico's calendar. The belief underlying all ceremonies is that the spirits of the dead return to earth on this day to be with their families and loved ones, - to eat, drink and be merry and relive the good memories.

For Mexicans believe in the life/death/rebirth continuum, they treat death as an equal part of life.

Day of the Dead originated with the Olmecs, the first Mesoamerican civilization centered in Veracruz whose origins remain mysterious but it is hard to escape the correlations with the other earlier pyramid building culture who also were also informed by intimate knowledge of the cosmos

Rachel Rifat
What is Day of the Dead?
	Dias de los Muertos is the most distinctive holiday of Mexico's calendar. The belief underlying all ceremonies is that the spirits of the dead return to earth on this day to be with their families and loved ones, - to eat, drink and be merry and relive the good memories. For Mexicans believe in the life/death/rebirth continuum, they treat death as an equal part of life. Day of the Dead originated with the Olmecs, the first Mesoamerican civilization centered in Veracruz whose origins remain mysterious but it is hard to escape the correlations with the other earlier pyramid building culture who also were also informed by intimate knowledge of the cosmos