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//Every altar in dia de los muertos have to have water to quench the thrist and for purification, salt to season the food and for purifaction as well, and bread to represent the food needed for survival. They also need a washbasin, soap, towel, mirror and a comb ned to be placed nearby they altar so the spirts can clean up when they return.// //Dia de los muertos is a celebration taken place in mostly mexico during the days of Oct. 27 through Nov. 2.// //The spirts vist for a 5 day period in the order of those who died in accidents, then those who died unbaptisied, then the 30th for the lonly soul with no family left. Then the children come from october 31 to november 1st at 3 pm.//

The legend of Dia De Los Muertos quotes, " In our tradition, people die three deaths:
 * 1) The first death is when our bodies cease to function;when our hearts no longer beat of their own accord, when our gaze no longer has depth or weight, when the space we occupy slowly loses its meaning.
 * 2) The second death comes when the body is lowered into the ground, returned to mother earth, out of sight.
 * 3) The third death, the most definitive death, is when there is no one left alive to remember us."

Every color on the altar mean something different.
 * Black is for the Prehispanic religions and the land of the dead.
 * Purple from the Catholic calendar to signify pain, suffering, grief, and mourning.
 * Pink is for celebration.
 * White for purity and hope.
 * Orange and yellow is for marigold, the sun, and light.
 * Red representing for Christians, the blood of Jesus; and for indigenous, the life blood of human and animal.

This holiday is based on the beliefes blended by Mexico's ancestors, the Aztecs, Maya and spanish invaders, and layered Catholicism. The origins od dia de los mueros reach back into ancient history of europe and Mexico.