DEAD DAY OF THE CELEBRATION

The celebration of the Day of the Dead is very important in our school, we all work as a team and prepare well in advance to set up the altars representing different states of our country. For me it is one of the most beautiful celebrations that exist, I love everything that has to do with catrinas, altars, and especially the bread of the dead

Fifth-grade students had to set up the altar of Hannal Pixan, who represents the state of Yucatan. We were very lucky to learn about that altar since many of its customs and traditions belong to our state: Quintana Roo.

We started working on our altar display two weeks early. My classmates and I had to bring an element from the altar, for example the cross, the Cempasúchil flower, the candles, the sugar skulls, food , and drink.

The day of the presentation I got up very early as I had to get ready to look like a true Mayan catrina. The girls went in a white dress, a purple or orange headdress and catrina makeup, the boys wore a guayabera with white pants and a hat.

Our room was perfectly decorated and the altar was very beautiful. That day the parents were able to come in to see us. Together with my colleagues, we presented the elements of the altar. I was a little nervous but everything turned out amazing, so much so that we even gave two presentations.

Quinto Azul prepared a Mayan legend, similar to a” Callejoneada”, it was very interesting and it was so well acted that they could even do it with a Yucatecan tune. They really made us feel like we were inside the story.

As a final touch, we closed the presentation with a song called “Hanal Pixan” composed by our choir teacher: Miss Naiby, who wrote it exclusively for us. We all liked it very much.

To end the celebration, the two-fifths got together, we danced, we ate, and we left, but not before leaving the whole room perfectly clean.