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