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I thought that in Dia De Los Mortes, dead bodies are exhumed and brought to have dinner with the rest of the family before they are reburied until next year. I told my class this and one of my students said that doesn’t happen, so I tried pulling up the national geographic clip I saw at some point years ago that I remember, but I couldn’t find it. Am I mixing up my holidays and do I need to make a correction to the class?
I thought that in Dia De Los Mortes, dead bodies are exhumed and brought to have dinner with the rest of the family before they are reburied until next year. I told my class this and one of my students said that doesn’t happen, so I tried pulling up the national geographic clip I saw at some point years ago that I remember, but I couldn’t find it. Am I mixing up my holidays and do I need to make a correction to the class?
Seriously? I have never heard of such a thing. I thought that on the Day of the Dead, people went to the cemeteries where their family members are buried and had picnics. I doubt very much that they actually dig up the bodies.
Seriously? I have never heard of such a thing. I thought that on the Day of the Dead, people went to the cemeteries where their family members are buried and had picnics. I doubt very much that they actually dig up the bodies.
I couod have sworn I saw a documentary about some culture somewhere that digs up their dead. It may not be day of the dead, but I remember seeing some sort of holiday somewhere where the dead body was sitting at the dinner table.
I couod have sworn I saw a documentary about some culture somewhere that digs up their dead. It may not be day of the dead, but I remember seeing some sort of holiday somewhere where the dead body was sitting at the dinner table.
I think that was Weekend With Bernie.
Last edited by TroutDude; 11-03-2018 at 03:31 PM..
Reason: corrected title
Eat anything you want! You just have to eat it across the table from Grandpa's rotting corpse.
That might actually work.
Who knows, maybe I dreamed it?
I’ll need to tell the class I couldn’t find a holiday like what I described and that, no, families do not dig up their loved ones on Day of the Dead. They do, however, have picnics in the cemetary to celebrate the memory of their loved ones.
I thought that in Dia De Los Mortes, dead bodies are exhumed and brought to have dinner with the rest of the family before they are reburied until next year. I told my class this and one of my students said that doesn’t happen, so I tried pulling up the national geographic clip I saw at some point years ago that I remember, but I couldn’t find it. Am I mixing up my holidays and do I need to make a correction to the class?
I think the day of the dead is on par with all saints day, which is called Halloween, and the kids go out dressed as the dead, and take food from strangers on the understanding that if the strangers don't give up the food, they will be spooked and tricked. These disguised children, poised as the dead, go home and share their fare with their parents at their table.
it happens, but they dont bring the dead to dinner, they are the dinner
That is disturbing.
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I have never heard of such a thing. I thought that on the Day of the Dead, people went to the cemeteries where their family members are buried and had picnics. I doubt very much that they actually dig up the bodies.
