{"id":2192,"date":"2020-11-10T16:07:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T21:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/dlr\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2020-11-10T16:13:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T21:13:51","slug":"the-importance-of-food-in-dia-de-muertos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/dlr\/2020\/11\/10\/the-importance-of-food-in-dia-de-muertos\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Food in D\u00eda de Muertos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Tauri Hagemann<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many people have become familiar with the iconography of D\u00eda de los Muertos, after the success of movies like Disney\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coco <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(2017), which includes sugar skulls, pan dulce, and home altars to the departed\u2014but many people in the U.S. don\u2019t understand exactly why it is that these specific things are important in Mexican culture. While the holiday has been heavily influenced by Catholic and American cultures since its inception, there are many aspects of it that remain true to its origins. The celebration falls on All Souls Day and All Saints Day\u2014Catholic holidays\u2014but its roots are firmly planted in Aztec culture. D\u00eda de los Muertos is celebrated throughout Latin America, and this Aztec history is a key part of the reason that it is most strongly associated with Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">D\u00eda de los Muertos started with a belief that death was not to be mourned, but instead celebrated, as the deceased would be moving on to the spirit world. The living did not want to offend or insult the deceased with mourning or sadness; instead of mourning their deaths, their lives would be celebrated with consumables and activities that they had enjoyed. The Aztecs also believed that tears of grief and mourning \u201cwould make the spirit\u2019s path treacherous and slippery\u201d (Godoy and Farf\u00e1n) and that, from October 31-November 2, the deceased had a brief opportunity to leave the spirit world and come visit their living relatives. This had to do with the annual migration of Monarch butterflies through Mexico in the fall, as these were believed to be the spirits of the deceased passing through to visit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2193\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/11\/10160635\/Day-of-the-Dead-image-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/11\/10160635\/Day-of-the-Dead-image-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/11\/10160635\/Day-of-the-Dead-image-338x400.jpg 338w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/11\/10160635\/Day-of-the-Dead-image.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">D\u00eda de los Muertos food was also important because many of these dishes and items were symbolic of the spirit\u2019s survival and its journey into the afterlife. Sugar skulls, one of the most common icons of the holiday, are not even eaten most of the time. Instead, these are preserved and placed on the altars to the deceased as \u2018ofrendas\u2019, or offerings. The sugar skulls are decorated brightly and uniquely to represent the deceased\u2019s individual personality as well as the vitality of life. The skull and skeleton imagery (calacas and calaveras) is also present through masks, dolls, and parades, always showing the deceased as happy and enjoying themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pan dulce, also sometimes called pan de muerto\u2014literally \u201cdead bread\u201d\u2014is another item that is\u00a0 symbolic, though this is a dish that is prepared for both the living and the dead. This sweet bread is often baked in the shape of skulls or bones and is either glazed or dusted with sugar and is also placed as an ofrenda on the altars to the deceased. One purpose is to serve as nourishment for the deceased\u2014it is believed that the journey back from the spirit world is a long one, and that the spirits will require food and drink when they arrive. This is a chief reason why food is important to this holiday\u2014families prepare the favorite dishes and beverages of the deceased so that they have something waiting for them when they get back, and so that they can see that their living relatives still put care and love into their efforts for them. There is some debate over other things pan dulce could be interpreted as for an ofrenda\u2014the shape of skulls and bones leads some to the conclusion that it is representative of the souls of the departed. However, some think that because of the grain ingredients with which it is made, it is instead a representation of the soil of the earth from which the souls have departed. Regardless of what it might symbolize, it is certain that it is meant as nourishment for the deceased after their journey back to the land of the living, and it is a staple among households and ofrendas for D\u00eda de Muertos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ofrendas and altars are an absolutely vital aspect of the celebration of D\u00eda de los Muertos. Families create the altars with photographs and candles as a way for their departed loved ones to find their way back to their living relatives, and the food and ofrendas serve both as nourishment for the deceased after their journey as well as enticement and motivation for them to come back to the land of the living. Overall, food plays a vital role in the celebration of D\u00eda de los Muertos, especially pan dulce and sugar skulls because of their symbolic associations. No D\u00eda de los Muertos altar is complete without the favorite dishes of the loved ones you hope to revisit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Works Cited<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBeyond Sugar Skulls: The History and Culture of Dia De Los Muertos.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PBS<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Public Broadcasting Service, 19 Aug. 2020, www.pbs.org\/education\/blog\/beyond-sugar-skulls-the-history-and-culture-of-dia-de-los-muertos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Godoy, Maria, and Karen Castillo Farf\u00e1n. \u201cSugar Skulls, Tamales And More: Why Is That Food On The Day Of The Dead Altar?\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NPR<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, NPR, 1 Nov. 2016, www.npr.org\/sections\/thesalt\/2016\/11\/01\/500242132\/sugar-skulls-tamales-and-more-why-is-that-food-on-the-day-of-the-dead-altar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">National Geographic Society. \u201cDia De Los Muertos.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">National Geographic Society<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, National Geographic Society, 9 Nov. 2012, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.org\/media\/dia-de-los-muertos\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.nationalgeographic.org\/media\/dia-de-los-muertos\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sears, Alison. \u201cComida De Los Muertos.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Food Around the World<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Penn State University, 30 Oct. 2015, sites.psu.edu\/searsforeignfood\/2015\/10\/30\/comida-de-los-muertos\/.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tauri Hagemann Many people have become familiar with the iconography of D\u00eda de los Muertos, after the success of movies like Disney\u2019s Coco (2017), which includes sugar skulls, pan dulce, and home altars to the departed\u2014but many people in the U.S. don\u2019t understand exactly why it is that these specific things are important in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574,577,576,573,578,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-candy","category-dia-de-los-muertos","category-history","category-issue-8-food-studies","category-traditions","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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