The Aztecs started this ritual/celebration to let the lost souls i guess u can soo go free and to grieve and celebrate their lost ones.
DONT LISTEN TO THIS THIS IS INCORRECT! The greiving and celebration part is true, but the civilization who staretd it was the Olmec.
Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec civilization.
The Aztec civilization
mexico started the day of the dead in honor of their ancestors
The day of the dead is a celebration like halloween in Mexico. The Day Of The Dead is where everyone celebrates for the people that have passed on into another demintion. They aren't afraid of death. They're accually excited for it.
I think the Mexicans got it started
Early modern day civilization is the period classified between 1500 and 1800. It started with the European expansion into colonies and when science started to gain ground.
i am pretty sure the Aztec's did
day of the dead lasts two days the first day is to remember the dead children and the second day is to remember the dead adults. back when day of the dead first started it would last three months
Civilization started in Mesopotamia, an ancient region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern-day Iraq.
how many aspect of native mesoamerican culture are still in present day mexican-american culture
In the state of Michoacan, and in Tenochtitlan, Mexico City.
I think the spanish day of the dead festival and it lead to halloween