Mexico's weird skeleton culture and customs

In the Mayan ruins, ideas about life and death can be seen everywhere. The Mayans believed that life and death were only separated by a thin line. Death was the liberation of life, and life was the rebirth of death. Although it is similar to the views of most religions on life and death, looking at the skull stone carvings that can be seen everywhere in Mayan ruins, we can see that the Mayans seemed so relaxed and happy when facing life and death.

Later, the Aztecs inherited the Mayan insights and customs on life and death, and developed it into a "festival of the dead" celebrated throughout the country. During this festival, people can use various commemorations to talk to their dead people and celebrate together.

After the Spaniards occupied Mexico, the Christian culture they brought gradually spread to Mexico. The Day of the Dead also incorporated some Halloween customs, such as pumpkins and bread, and became important uses in the festival; now the annual festival days are fixed on the first two days of November, of which the 1st is the "Baby Spirit's Day" specially prepared for children, and the 2nd is the official "Day of the Dead."

However, Mexico's Day of the Dead still inherits the traditions of ancient Indians. During these two days, men, women and children, will prepare corn, bread, pumpkins and drinks and food that their old friends loved during their lifetime and go to the cemetery or altar. Sacrifice activities. It is worth noting that this large-scale national sacrificial activity did not have the slightest hint of sadness, and the air was filled with a joyful and lively atmosphere. After the sacrifice, everyone dressed up as dead souls, put on clothes with white bones printed on them, and used skull hoods as signs to take to the streets to celebrate, to show that the dead spirit had returned to be with this world.

In addition, the dazzling orange-yellow marigolds and Mariachi's cheerful music also make this festival of the dead full of relaxation. Coupled with the exquisite skeleton dolls sold in the hands of various vendors all over the street, it also brings color into the festival, dotted with joy and brightness.

These skeletons are all very welcome. They either smile with their teeth, laugh with their jaws open, smoke, sing, pretend to be a socialite and lady, or pretend to be a bridegroom and new mother... In short, they are elegant and happy, making this originally numbing skeleton full of vitality, as if they were friends and relatives around us, lovely and amiable.

From this point of view, skeletons and spirits are not a scary and gloomy world in the eyes of Mexicans.

And no other country in the world has people who love embellishing skeletons so much and have formed a skeleton culture. Of course, Mexicans who love life give skeletons a humorous personality. This unique culture makes every Mexican feel in their bones that even in the face of the end of the world, they must insist on being the happiest skeleton in the world.