{"id":3538,"date":"2022-10-28T19:36:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T01:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/?p=3538"},"modified":"2022-10-31T10:07:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T17:07:12","slug":"day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Day of the Dead, the history of a tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Day of the Dead is a Mexican tradition that reminds us that <strong>death is part of the cycle of life, and as such, we must embrace it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This celebration dates back to the pre-Hispanic era, with many <strong>Mesoamerican ethnic groups<\/strong> worshiping death in that period. In Mexico, the<strong> Mexicas <\/strong>believed in <strong>Mictecac\u00edhuatl and Mictlantecuhtli<\/strong>, <strong>Gods of the &#8220;Place of the dead&#8221;<\/strong> or <strong>Mictlan<\/strong>, and they were believed to define the destiny of the souls of those who passed away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once in the Mictlan realm, <strong>souls had to overcome several obstacles<\/strong> before achieving eternal rest. According to the Florentine Codex, this place reserved special chambers for the deceased, depending on the causes of their dead. For instance, <strong>warriors<\/strong> who died on the battlefields were received in the <strong>Tonatiuh Ichan<\/strong> or \u201chouse of the sun\u201d, while<strong> infants<\/strong>\u2014who died being innocent\u2014were welcomed at the <strong>Cincalco<\/strong>, home of the god <strong>Tonacatecutli<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dia-de-muertos-mexico.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dia-de-muertos-mexico.jpg 800w, https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dia-de-muertos-mexico-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/dia-de-muertos-mexico-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>For Mexicas, <strong>the journey of the souls was accompanied by the living<\/strong>, announcing the death with cries led by the older women. The deceased was then shrouded with all personal belongings and symbolically fed with the most exquisite delicacies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After four days, the body was buried or cremated to finally <strong>start the journey to the land of the dead<\/strong>. Every year for four consecutive years, the deceased would be celebrated with big ceremonies held right where the ashes or body was resting. This ritual was believed to <strong>help souls reach eternity and ease the pain through the grieving process for the living<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the <strong>arrival of European customs and traditions<\/strong>, this ritual suffered an <strong>acculturation process<\/strong> and started to be celebrated during the All Saints Day festivities deriving in what we know today, with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-a-festivity-full-of-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some of the original elements still present<\/a>, <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-a-festivity-full-of-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">like the altars<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. <strong>The beauty, mysticism, and cultural value of this festivity have earned it a place in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO since 2008.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>If you are visiting Solmar Hotels &amp; Resorts during Day of the Dead festivities, you will find amazing altars and activities going on on-site to feast your eyes and your palate:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"510\" data-id=\"3545\"  src=\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Day-of-the-dead-gsrsl-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Day-of-the-dead-gsrsl-1.png 400w, https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Day-of-the-dead-gsrsl-1-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"508\" data-id=\"3544\"  src=\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Day-of-the-dead-playa-grande-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Day-of-the-dead-playa-grande-2.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Day-of-the-dead-playa-grande-2-236x300.jpeg 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day of the Dead is a Mexican tradition that reminds us that death is part of the cycle of life, and as such, we must embrace it. This celebration dates back to the pre-Hispanic era, with many Mesoamerican ethnic groups worshiping death in that period. In Mexico, the Mexicas believed in Mictecac\u00edhuatl and Mictlantecuhtli, Gods of the &#8220;Place of the dead&#8221; or Mictlan, and they were believed to define the destiny of the souls of those who passed away. Once in the Mictlan realm, souls had to overcome several obstacles before achieving eternal rest. According to the Florentine Codex, this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,5],"tags":[345],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Day of the Dead, the history of a tradition - Solmar Members Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Day of the Dead, the history of a tradition - Solmar Members Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Day of the Dead is a Mexican tradition that reminds us that death is part of the cycle of life, and as such, we must embrace it. This celebration dates back to the pre-Hispanic era, with many Mesoamerican ethnic groups worshiping death in that period. In Mexico, the Mexicas believed in Mictecac\u00edhuatl and Mictlantecuhtli, Gods of the &#8220;Place of the dead&#8221; or Mictlan, and they were believed to define the destiny of the souls of those who passed away. Once in the Mictlan realm, souls had to overcome several obstacles before achieving eternal rest. According to the Florentine Codex, this [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Solmar Members Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolmarResorts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-29T01:36:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-31T17:07:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/day-of-the-dead-mexico-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"solmar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SolmarResorts\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SolmarResorts\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"solmar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"solmar\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/da172a8efb863fc052c159f7aec1368a\"},\"headline\":\"Day of the Dead, the history of a tradition\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-29T01:36:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-31T17:07:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/\"},\"wordCount\":362,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"traditions in mexico\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Inspiration\",\"Travel\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/\",\"name\":\"Day of the Dead, the history of a tradition - Solmar Members Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-29T01:36:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-31T17:07:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Day of the Dead, the history of a tradition\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Solmar Members Blog\",\"description\":\"Grand Solmar Vacation Club\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Grand Solmar Vacation Club\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gsvc-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gsvc-logo.png\",\"width\":420,\"height\":341,\"caption\":\"Grand Solmar Vacation Club\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solmarhotelsandresorts\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCcU9s1a86sZPgQXUt3ebbjw\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolmarResorts\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SolmarResorts\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/da172a8efb863fc052c159f7aec1368a\",\"name\":\"solmar\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a022cc7da28ec96a156f65f91b4995d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a022cc7da28ec96a156f65f91b4995d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"solmar\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Day of the Dead, the history of a tradition - Solmar Members Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Day of the Dead, the history of a tradition - Solmar Members Blog","og_description":"Day of the Dead is a Mexican tradition that reminds us that death is part of the cycle of life, and as such, we must embrace it. This celebration dates back to the pre-Hispanic era, with many Mesoamerican ethnic groups worshiping death in that period. In Mexico, the Mexicas believed in Mictecac\u00edhuatl and Mictlantecuhtli, Gods of the &#8220;Place of the dead&#8221; or Mictlan, and they were believed to define the destiny of the souls of those who passed away. Once in the Mictlan realm, souls had to overcome several obstacles before achieving eternal rest. According to the Florentine Codex, this [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/","og_site_name":"Solmar Members Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolmarResorts\/","article_published_time":"2022-10-29T01:36:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-10-31T17:07:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/day-of-the-dead-mexico-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"solmar","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SolmarResorts","twitter_site":"@SolmarResorts","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"solmar","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/"},"author":{"name":"solmar","@id":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/da172a8efb863fc052c159f7aec1368a"},"headline":"Day of the Dead, the history of a tradition","datePublished":"2022-10-29T01:36:53+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-31T17:07:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/"},"wordCount":362,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["traditions in mexico"],"articleSection":["Inspiration","Travel"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/","url":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/","name":"Day of the Dead, the history of a tradition - Solmar Members Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-10-29T01:36:53+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-31T17:07:12+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/day-of-the-dead-the-history-of-a-tradition\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Day of the Dead, the history of a tradition"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/","name":"Solmar Members Blog","description":"Grand Solmar Vacation Club","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Grand Solmar Vacation Club","url":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gsvc-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/gsvc-logo.png","width":420,"height":341,"caption":"Grand Solmar Vacation Club"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solmarhotelsandresorts\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCcU9s1a86sZPgQXUt3ebbjw","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolmarResorts\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/SolmarResorts"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/da172a8efb863fc052c159f7aec1368a","name":"solmar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a022cc7da28ec96a156f65f91b4995d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a022cc7da28ec96a156f65f91b4995d8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"solmar"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3538"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3574,"href":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538\/revisions\/3574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/members.solmar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}