Día de los Muertos

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Across
  1. 2. These are set up in remembrance of the dead
  2. 5. The ____ from the dead watered the parched earth
  3. 8. Mexicans use art, literature & music to ___ about death
  4. 9. Los días de los muertos takes place on el 1 y 2 de ________
  5. 11. This holiday is a mix of _____ and Christian cultures
  6. 13. This is a big part of ______'s culture
  7. 14. Spanish word for 'death'
  8. 15. The ______ also had religious rites concerning death
  9. 16. Ofrendas have become a sort of public ____
  10. 17. A rolled up taco sometimes offered to the dead
  11. 20. This scares away bad spirits
  12. 21. Toys and candies are shaped like this
  13. 22. Sacred plant that represents the continuity of life
Down
  1. 1. Casseroles of rice
  2. 3. These are part of Mexican tradition
  3. 4. This celebration is seen as
  4. 6. This is a black mole sauce from Oaxaca
  5. 7. The items placed on an altar depend of the likes of the dead _________
  6. 10. The ______ of ancestors come back to take place in the festivities
  7. 12. Death is seen as an _____ part of the natural cycle
  8. 18. This calendar refers to this as All Saints' Day
  9. 19. This is feared and paid due respect by Mexicans
  10. 20. Days of the dead is a _____ long holiday