By Maria Escobar

The Day of the Dead is a day where all families do something to honor a relative who is already dead. When I was in El Salvador every year we would go and visit my mother’s grandmother at the cemetery.

 We brought flowers, we made an altar, very large and very beautiful, each family decided how to decorate the grave of the relative, who no longer lives.

 The cemetery fills with many people, unknown people come from afar to decorate the grave, They also sell many types of dishes for that day, it is a tradition, and the money they collect from all the dishes or drinks is collected for the church, to buy something that is missing in the church or something they need.

The tradition is 2 days, those are November 1 and 2. According to the tradition in my country, November 1 is for the children, little kids, and November 2 is for the adults. On the second day it's more crowded because there are more dead adults.

 My aunt also comes to visit us. Once they go to the cemetery to decorate the grave of their relatives, at night in their houses, they make an altar decorated with many things, such as flowers, wine, stuffed animals, and a photo of the person who is dead.

They also make rosaries in honor of that person, and they also make different types of food. It's a family tradition every year.