The Indigenous Festivity dedicated to the Dead — Transcript

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1. 0:00[Music]
2. 0:10as practiced by the indigenous
3. 0:12communities of
4. 0:14Mexico Day of the Dead commemorates the
5. 0:18transitory return to Earth of deceased
6. 0:20relatives and loved
7. 0:27ones festivities take place each year at
8. 0:30the end of October and at the beginning
9. 0:32of
10. 0:33November this period also marks the
11. 0:36completion of the annual cycle of maze
12. 0:38the country's predominant food crop
13. 0:53[Music]
14. 1:00families facilitate the return of souls
15. 1:03to Earth by laying flower petals candles
16. 1:06and offerings along the path leading
17. 1:08from the cemetery to their
18. 1:11[Music]
19. 1:17homes the deceased's favorite dishes are
20. 1:20carefully prepared and placed around the
21. 1:22home Shrine and the tomb alongside
22. 1:25flowers and typical handicrafts such as
23. 1:27paper cutouts
24. 1:38great care is taken with all aspects of
25. 1:41the
26. 1:42preparations for it is believed that the
27. 1:44dead are capable of bringing Prosperity
28. 1:47such as an abundant maze Harvest or
29. 1:49Misfortune such as illness accidents or
30. 1:52financial difficulties upon their
31. 1:55families depending on how satisfactorily
32. 1:58the rituals are executed
33. 2:05the dead are divided into several
34. 2:07categories according to cause of death
35. 2:10age sex and in some cases professional
36. 2:15activity a specific day of worship
37. 2:18determined by these categories is
38. 2:20designated for each deceased
39. 2:23person The Day of the Dead celebration
40. 2:26has great spiritual and artistic
41. 2:28richness and is of considerable
42. 2:30significance in the daily life of the
43. 2:32indigenous communities bringing a
44. 2:34philosophical Dimension to both life and
45. 2:40death this Fusion of prehispanic
46. 2:43religious rights and Catholic feasts
47. 2:45brings together two distinct universes
48. 2:48and allows cultural syncretism between
49. 2:51indigenous thinking and the ideological
50. 2:53system imported by the Europeans in the
51. 2:5516th
52. 2:57[Music]
53. 2:58century the the annual encounter between
54. 3:01the indigenous people and their
55. 3:02ancestors fulfills a social function by
56. 3:06affirming the role of the individual
57. 3:08within
58. 3:10Society it also contributes to
59. 3:12reinforcing the political and social
60. 3:14status of Mexico's indigenous
61. 3:16communities who strive to preserve their
62. 3:19cultural diversity