Dia De Los Muertos

The Day of the Dead in Mexico, Passed down from Aztec, Maya, early times Commemorates loved ones who have passed away. Día de los Muertos on November the first A day to remember children dead and gone, November the second honours the ghosts of adults. Día de los Muertos is filled with music and dancing, Makeship altars celebrate lives of kin Water in a pitcher, quenches the spirits' thirst Candles and marigolds guide the spirits home Butterflies hold the souls of the departed Sugar skulls and toys deck children's altars In Vietnam, Grave Visiting Day (Lễ Tảo Mộ) , Happens in lunar March The Thanh minh festival Day Death day is deeply venerated Children express devotion, thank the ancestors Vietnam folk poems say: "A tree has roots and branches That are hatched from the root and water That also run from its source to the rivers and seas". Here, in this cold country, On my son's birthday, At Xmas, on his death day I visit his grave. I offer flowers, I water the earth with tears. If candles could light his way Back from the world of shades I'd plant of path of them through fields of glass