This site is dedicated to the Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos. Here you will find the history of the holiday, recipes, pictures, and other links to related sites.
Drinks should be placed in the altar
to quench the thirst of the dead after
their long journey back home.
Sugar skull given for the Day of the Dead.
Other Day of the Dead Facts
- The more recent the death, the more extravagent the altar should be.
- For children's alters, less spicy food is offered.
- The scent of the traditional marigolds are said to invite the spirits of the dead back home.
- Altars should consist of the things the dead loved most.
