Day of the Dead PowerPoint Presentation

This resource contains a fully editable, 70 slide PowerPoint presentation on the Mexican Festival / Holiday of Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos) which is celebrated on 1st and 2nd November. Day of the Dead is a time when Mexicans remember and honor their departed family members and friends. The PowerPoint focuses on::

• The Aztec origins of the Day of the Dead festival

• The Mexican belief that life on earth is a preparation for the next world

• The rituals and traditions of Day of the Dead

• Building shrines and altars

• Cleaning and decorating cemeteries and graves

• The symbolism of marigolds, skulls, Katrina figures

• Burning copal incense

• Food and drink - Pan de muertos bread, tamale, pib, atole, pulque

• Sugar skulls

• Papel picado

The PowerPoint contains several hyperlinks to explanations of the Day of the Dead festival and the parade in Mexico City.

This resource contains a fully editable, 70 slide PowerPoint presentation on the Mexican Festival / Holiday of Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos).