Leon, Guanajuato.- One of the most important celebrations for Mexicans is approaching, the celebration of the day of the dead, this date distinguishes the Mexican republic from the rest of the world, because it is universally known that in this country death is celebrated with pride and without fear, a situation that other cultures see as something strange and peculiar.
The way in which Mexicans experience death has made international production houses look at the country and create their own cinematographic stories about how Mexicans celebrate the day of the dead. Some people have the belief that this celebration is of pre-Hispanic origin, however, this is not entirely true.
What origin has the celebration of the day of the dead?
In the 1930s, a group of Mexican intellectuals promoted the idea that the Day of the Dead was of pre-Hispanic origin instead of colonial, in conclusion, they believed that its origin was more Aztec than Catholic, that its root was indigenous and non-European, this was commented on during the six-year term in charge of the President Lazaro Cardenas del Rio in the years of agrarian reform and the nationalization of the oil industry.
In those days, Mexico was not doing badly economically. Under the mandate of President Cárdenas, Mexicans began to be identified with the predominant pre-Hispanic group at the arrival of the conquistadors, the Mexica or the Aztecs.
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That is why the intellectuals rescued the customs of the colony, Roman Catholic and pagan customs, and assigned a new meaning to the Day of the Dead festivities by merging the festivities of Todos Santos and Fieles Difuntos in an event with supposed pre-Hispanic origin. But in reality it is a mix between the Aztec culture and the European Catholic culture.
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