風俗民情 Customs 

11/2墨西哥鬼節Day of the Dead,Mexico

墨西哥的鬼節是在１１月２日，在這天家家戶戶都要烘烤動物造型的麵包、煮雞肉、熱巧克力和甜玉米，並在供桌上面要擺上一些玩具，因為墨西哥人相信死去的孩童們，會在午夜時分回到自己的家中玩耍；而為死去的長輩們所準備的供桌上，則會陳列亡者的東西、鮮花、水果、照片和彩繪的骷髏頭。對墨西哥人來說，他們相信鬼和他們一樣需要及時行樂，所以鬼節宛若一場嘉年華會，人們帶著面具到處遊走，吃骷髏形狀的糖，麵包上還裝飾有鬼的形像。黃昏時刻，全家人一起到墓園清理墓地，婦女們或跪或坐整夜祈禱，男人們交談或唱歌，在子夜中燭光忽閃忽滅充滿了整個墓園，遊唱歌者為已逝亡者的靈魂高歌吟唱。

Ｄay if the Dead is on November 2nd. On this day ,each house roasts bread of animal forms,broiling chicken, hot chocolate and sweet corns, plus laying some toys on the altar because Mexicans believe that the dead children will come back to their own homes in the midnight. The altar for the dead elder is stocked with belongings of the dead, flowers, fruits, pictures, and painted skulls. For Mexicans, they believe ghosts need to enjoy merriment as they do; therefore, their Ghost Festival is just like a carnival when people walk around with masks,eating skull-shaped candies, and even a ghost image is put on the bread. In the evening,the whole family goes to the cemetery and clears the grave.Women praise all night in kneeling or sitting position while men are talking or singing. The flickering midnight candlelight is filling up the cemetery whereas walking singers are chanting for the dead Spirits. Home

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