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| Title | Recommended Video about the Day of the Dead |
| Body | A recent request for suggested videos appropriate for learning about Mexico's Day of the Dead celebration received a nomination for "Food for the Ancestors", available from the Public Broadcasting Corporation. From http://www.pbs.org/foodancestors Mexico is a land of memory. At no time is that better seen than in a unique celebration called Days of the Dead (Dias de los Muertos). The festival is very ancient, Prehispanic, but with Christian overtones. Each year during the last week in October, Mexican communities everywhere begin preparations for this marvelous event. Homes and public places are decorated with symbols of the holiday -- marigolds, skulls and skeletons, and food. For each family, the holiday is a remembrance of a departed loved one. On a larger scale, it is also remembrance of all ancestral Mexicans and of the gifts that they passed on to their descendants, especially food and culture. For Mexicans food is central to their culture, the key to their whole history. For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/foodancestors . |
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| Inputdate | 2006-10-31 10:04:30 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2006-10-31 10:04:30 |
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| Publishdate | 2006-11-06 00:00:00 |
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