viernes, 15 de noviembre de 2013

Funny history

A funny thing happened when my friends (Bere, Ariis and Lupita) and I went to the mall, we first walk maybe for 15 minutes, then we went for an ice cream, that was very delicious, and we were talking and then we saw a funny picture of an announcement of Nutrisa and we started to laugh and Lupita in a serious tone said: ¡Stop laughing that man is my dad!, and she put a sad face, and we stay like really? And she said obviously no, and we started to laugh more and one man that was behind of us said in a low voice: stupid and immature girls and we were like doesn´t care, it was totally without sense. YOLO xD

Then we went to Mixup and we saw that the group “Cañaveral” was going to give autographs, and we saw that there was a tiny audience so we started to record that we want the Jonas and then we started to dance their songs, and we said that they are the Mexican Jonas, obviously in tone of humourus.  All my friends are hilarious so always are laughing with them.

This day was absolutely great because I spend in a few hours a lot of fun. All my histories with them are always fascinating.   



viernes, 1 de noviembre de 2013

Halloween

Hi Johny!

Well here in Mexico it´s a big celebration, because exist the idea that the souls of the persons that are dead return to visit to us 1st and 2nd of November. In my family one day before November we put the “Ofrenda” that consist that you have to put the photos of your relatives that are dead and  the things that they liked, like food, candies, beverage, cigarettes, alcohol, etc. But you have to put also water and salt for the souls of the purgatory, and maybe milk and toys for the kids.

The 1st of November came the saints and the kids.
The 2nd of November came the adults.

The difference about Halloween and Day of the Death are:

ü  How we receive the spirits (in E.U.A. the put the Jack O´Lantern to avoid that the souls enter to their house and they use costumes to don´t be recognized. In Mexico is the opposite.)

ü  The duration of the celebration (in E.U.A. is only one day and in México two days.)

ü  The skulls (in E.U.A. have a macabre connotation and in México have a happy connotation, like the sense of leaving.)

ü  Day of the Death is considering cultural heritage and Halloween is just an advertising celebration.

Halloween



When and where was originally celebrated?
31st of October to celebrate the new year celtic, in Europe. (Samhain)

How has it changed through the years?
The Christians celebrate the day of the day on May 13 (Lemuria), the church change in 609 Lemuria in “All Saint´s Day”, and then they change to November 1 “All Hallows Day” after the “Samhain” day (Celtic celebration) the people star to call “All Hallows Evening” then “ The evening before all hallows evening”  and the in “Halloween “. The church also said that on November the second celebrate the “Soul´s Day” .

And where does the trick r treat tradition comes from?
In the middle ages, in Soul´s Day, the kids begging for soul cakes to honor the souls in the purgatory.