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Day of the Dead Dia de los Muertos
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Day of the Dead Dia de
los Muertos
o Holiday celebrated on November 1st and November 2nd in Mexico, and in some parts of Central and South America.
o Day of the Dead is also celebrated by many Latinos in the United States.
o It is a celebration and time to honor the lives of those whom have died.
o There are many special foods and decorations prepared during this time.
o Sweet skulls made of sugar called calaveras are given as gifts.
o Marigolds are the traditional flowers
o used as o decorations.
The pleasant sent of the food and flowers is meant to guide the souls home.
o We will make decorative sugar skulls surrounded by flowers.
Project
o Our sugar skulls will be symmetrical.
Line of symmetry
o We will be using organic shapes.
Organic shapes have natural, less well-defined edges (like a cloud, flower, skull).
Source: http://www.brooklynkids.org/attachments/BCMWB_PCP_DiaDeLosMuertos.pdf
