Dia de los Muertos is the time of the year when families and friends come together to honor their deceased loved ones by building their own shrine to them. It is said that because they do this, their loved ones will never be forgotten and they will always be connected though they are physically separated by death. There are several more rituals like cleaning and decorating grave sites, making food for the deceased that you put on their graves, or you could buy or make sugar skulls and pan de muerto. Dia de los Muertos is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd, coinciding with another holiday that Roman Catholics call all saints day or all souls day. In most parts of Mexico they honor the children and infants on the 1st and the parents or adults on the 2nd. They do this by referring to November 1st mainly as Dia de los Inocentes or day of the innocents and November 2nd as Dia de los Muertos or day of the dead. People celebrate Dia de los Muertos differently but they all they al have a blast doing it.
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