Día de Muertos

E167597
Mexican holiday cultural tradition religious and cultural observance

Día de Muertos is a traditional Mexican holiday that honors deceased loved ones with colorful altars, offerings, and celebrations blending Indigenous and Catholic practices.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Day of the Dead 10
Day of the Dead celebrations 9
Día de Muertos canonical 6

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican holiday ⓘ
cultural tradition ⓘ
religious and cultural observance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Día de Muertos ⓘ
surface form: Día de los Muertos
associatedWithDate All Saints’ Day ⓘ
All Souls’ Day ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Central Mexico ⓘ
Michoacán ⓘ
Oaxaca ⓘ
celebratedOn November 1 ⓘ
November 2 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Mexico ⓘ
hasActivity cleaning and decorating graves ⓘ
family gatherings ⓘ
placing offerings on altars ⓘ
visiting cemeteries ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism

Indigenous Mesoamerican traditions ⓘ
hasEnglishName Día de Muertos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Day of the Dead
hasKeyElement altar for the dead ⓘ
candles ⓘ
favorite foods of the deceased ⓘ
incense ⓘ
marigold flowers ⓘ
music and celebrations ⓘ
ofrenda ⓘ
pan de muerto ⓘ
paper cut-outs (papel picado) ⓘ
photographs of the deceased ⓘ
sugar skulls ⓘ
hasSpanishName Día de Muertos ⓘ
hasTheme continuity of life and death ⓘ
joyful remembrance rather than mourning ⓘ
influencedBy Aztec beliefs about the afterlife ⓘ
Maya beliefs about the afterlife ⓘ
mainSymbol calacas (skeleton figures) ⓘ
calaveras (skulls) ⓘ
cempasúchil (Mexican marigold) ⓘ
practicedIn Mexican diaspora communities ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
purpose to honor deceased loved ones ⓘ
to remember and celebrate the dead ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
religiousSyncretismOf Catholic beliefs ⓘ
Indigenous beliefs ⓘ
typicalDrink hot chocolate ⓘ
typicalFood atole ⓘ
pan de muerto ⓘ
tamales ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2008 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ
surface form: Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

November → containsHolidayInMexico → Día de Muertos ⓘ
Fruitvale → hasEvent → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Día de los Muertos festival
Coco → theme → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Día de los Muertos
southern Mexico → hasCulturalTradition → Día de Muertos ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Mexico
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead celebrations
State of Michoacán → traditionalFestival → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Noche de Muertos on Lake Pátzcuaro
Michoacán → knownFor → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead celebrations
Day of the Dead in San Andrés Mixquic → partOf → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead in Mexico
Tom Savini → notableWork → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead
Tom Savini → workedOn → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead
Olvera Street → celebrates → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Día de los Muertos
Old Town Albuquerque → hasCulturalEvent → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead celebrations
Mexican people → intangibleCulturalHeritage → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead
Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States → notableFor → Día de Muertos ⓘ
subject surface form: Hollywood Forever Cemetery
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead celebrations
All Souls Procession → inspiredBy → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Día de los Muertos
Greg Nicotero → notableWork → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead
Día de Muertos → hasEnglishName → Día de Muertos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead
Día de Muertos → alsoKnownAs → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Día de los Muertos
La Huasteca Hidalguense → hasFestivityType → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead celebrations
Costa Chica of Guerrero → culturalTradition → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead celebrations
Huejutla de Reyes → hasReligiousFestivity → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead celebrations
Grim Fandango → inspiredBy → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mexican Day of the Dead
Mamá Imelda → culturalContext → Día de Muertos ⓘ
Mamá Coco → centralThemeConnection → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead remembrance
Land of the Dead → inspiredBy → Día de Muertos ⓘ
Noche de Alebrijes → associatedWith → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead season
Hispanic Catholics → celebrate → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Día de los Muertos (in Catholic forms)
San Andrés Cholula → hasCulturalEvent → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Día de Muertos celebrations
Under the Volcano → narrativeDate → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead
Lake Pátzcuaro → touristAttraction → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead night vigils
parish cemetery of San Andrés Apóstol → event → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos)
Alumbrada → associatedWith → Día de Muertos ⓘ
Alumbrada → associatedWith → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead
Alumbrada → occursDuring → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead celebrations
San Andrés Apóstol church → associatedWith → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead
San Andrés Mixquic → celebrates → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead
San Andrés Mixquic → tourismAttraction → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead festivities
Miguel Rivera → celebrationContext → Día de Muertos ⓘ
Héctor Rivera → associatedWithHoliday → Día de Muertos ⓘ
The Book of Life → inspiredBy → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead
Atlixco → hasFestival → Día de Muertos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Day of the Dead celebrations