Saturday 20 September 2014

Dia de los Muertos

On Friday Oscar brought Mario to school to talk to us.
Mario is from Mexico.
He told us about this Mexican celebration.
It is a time to remember people we love who have died.
It takes place on the 1st and 2nd of November.
Photos, flowers and food are put on a special table.
Decorations include colourful 'papel picado.'
 Decorations also include 'sugar skulls.'
We all wanted to touch the sugar skull decoration. 
Family get together and have fun.
We wanted to know how the sugar skulls are made.
The sugar is melted until it is liquid. Then it is poured into a mould. 
When it cools it goes solid again.  
Thank you for sharing what you know with us and answering our questions.

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