Culture Talk

día de muertos is not 'mexican halloween' and i will die on this hill (ironic)

every year around now someone at my uni asks if i'm 'dressing up for mexican halloween' and i have to explain again lol

it's about remembering your dead. you build an ofrenda with photos, their favourite food, cempasúchil flowers, candles, sometimes a little shot of tequila if abuelo liked that. it's sad and happy at the same time. families go to the cemetery and stay there.

the big parade in cdmx is kind of newer and partly inspired by a movie, which is funny but whatever, people love it now.

not mad at anyone, just tired of explaining in my marketing class lmao. do other countries have something similar? i know about obon in japan a bit