What Is Day of the Dead?

The Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, was in part popularized outside Mexico in the Disney film “Coco.” But the celebration actually dates back over 3,000 years. Emmanuel Ortega aka Dr. Babelito, is co-host of the KZbin channel “Unsettling Journeys.” He told Inside Edition Digital that the tradition is an opportunity for families “to invite their deceased loved ones to partake in a celebration, more specifically, a dinner party.”
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[@adrimarzz]

Reminder: Day of the Dead is not “Mexican Halloween”. I love that that Coco shows the the amazing Culture my country has🇲🇽

[@JOHNNY_.-]

Yeah as a Mexican myself I agree!

[@crystal_wolf7040]

I love the movie coco

[@juliotheepic]

Sí 😁😁

[@treearmy5035]

Ikr

[@viooolleeettt]

✨⚘🇲🇽

[@MK8Warrior]

Rip to those who passed there spirit will live on😔

[@local.lawnmower6308]

EDGY KID ALERT

[@blueflamingo4526]

Bruh as a mexican I can tell you now, the day of the dead ain't supposed to be sad.

[@GhostOfKotori]

Their*

[@dayanaaxg.]

@@blueflamingo4526 ya se😒

[@Sw9dkhfiex]

@@dayanaaxg. it feels sad to me 😭

[@TheDirtBlockTerraria]

Day of the Dead is pretty forgotten in some areas, It should be celebrated more.

[@MK8Warrior]

I gotta agree

[@aph99]

Yes

[@CarlosFlores-kb8vy]

No

[@user-kd4jo9iw7t]

Yes

[@CarlosFlores-kb8vy]

@@user-kd4jo9iw7t no me and my family celebrate it

[@rocko8996]

This Celebration is really awesome and powerfull in any sense!! Mexico is great!!

[@saintmartinez6512]

Thank you 🙏

[@ProbablyNotVal]

Fr

[@julianacorcoran146]

I honestly think this holiday is amazing even though I am American I did learn about this in class and even before because I loved the idea that you get to spend a day with a loved one who's been gone who maybe passed away years ago or just recently passed honestly it's sounds so amazing !

[@Chlorine_iscb]

At least u don’t think it’s the Mexican Halloween

[@lunabangtan7]

You could definitely celebrate it too. I feel like as long as other non Hispanic respect it and celebrate it for it’s pure intention then they should be able to spend time with their deceased too.

[@user-cn4se7ui6j]

@@Chlorine_iscb ikr

[@unknownaura]

You're not american

[@Im_niaxx]

Same here it seems so interesting to learn and I learned about the dead of the day in my Spanish classes last year

[@marisolquiroz3674]

I put up my altar every year. I remember going to the cementary and decorating my sisters grave and spending the day there visiting other family members. There would be mariachis singing people eating and having a very good time. It's been years since I've done this.

[@yoonbumsbrokenankles4770]

yep, our altar is already up with some sweet bread and decorations!

[@miquee.ramirez]

Día de los muertos is not “Mexican Halloween”

[@pam4020]

Period

[@shilpiprashar5380]

Michael true

[@themuskratianempire]

They literally just said it wasnt

[@shilpiprashar5380]

The Muskratian Empire idc

[@aph99]

It isnt, it means world day in spanish

[@wolfgang2962]

Thanks mexico for bringing Dia de los Muertos in Philippines

[@anuharhernandez9275]

Ur welcome

[@babyface3223]

Rgruvv

[@mawlinzebra]

Its "Dia de Muertos" my friend

[@Toomuchbullshitt]

Your welcome Asian brothers and sisters ❤️💀 🪦🇵🇭 🇲🇽

[@JuanaHernandez-mf9de]

I am a Mexican living in us, I would like my children to continue this beautiful tradition

[@christinapartain3398]

The idea of heaven and hell is what's morbid. I think the day of the dead is beautiful and comforting.

[@YouVSMeTV]

It's when Miguel's family, including Mama Coco, comes to see him every year.

[@imbored3700]

so it's all about Miguel? tf

[@190_ace4]

@@imbored3700 bruh my name is Miguel😭

[@jackson6350]

@@190_ace4 oof

[@user-kd4jo9iw7t]

Bruh my name is miguel aquino XD

[@defalt30]

Hahaha XD

[@SoniaSephia]

I love the Day of the Dead encourages people to celebrate the positive impact people had that they have lost. Sadly this year we have lost a lot of lives do the Coronavirus. I think this year the only Silver Lining we could have so far is at least remembering the ones we lost in a positive way!

[@titoyama5760]

The cartels and drug wars has taken more lives than covid19

[@lorenaacosta4478]

I absolutely love my culture, I’m proud to be Mexican its a blessing ❤️🇲🇽.

[@alelola]

It’s a privilege

[@samanthamaclean1430]

I really love how Day of the dead celebrations focusing on the person you lost in a positive way

[@Ivlogz_]

i fell like everyone seen coco

[@ebonylopez4249]

The fact your user name and pfp

[@iluvmikefaisttt]

Lmao nice pfp and user

[@yoshirivalry]

YASSSS

[@windy8872]

I seen it once it was good seen it 3 times is annoying now

[@austinanderson9383]

@Buzz The lightyear Not me, I'm aracist

[@azarela8083]

I love how inside edition teaches/explains dia de los muertos bc I have friends that thinks its just Mexican Halloween or they just think of coco when the word pops up

[@mizee6917]

literally I have a dia de los muertos test in spanish so this will help omg

[@terrificdisaster6174]

Good luck

[@Drodloera]

You got this ! Goodluck suerte amigo

[@blue_wolf24]

Depending where ur from it should be easy

[@wtv.no1]

Or watch the movie coco Lmaoo

[@neonpaintings1994]

Little Story (also true story) In history class we had to do a group project on immigrants and our group got Latin-American and ironically the whole group was latino, Mexican, ect (The teacher didn't even realize he did that). The teacher came around to see how we were doing, then he came to our table and we all started talking then he asked out opinion on Day of the Dead and Halloween mixed to American's. Some people in my group said it was fine but some said it's not (including me). My reasoning was that it was to respect our passed loved ones and celebrate them not to dress up and get candy. Thank you for reading my story and please dont associate Day of the Dead with Halloween!❤🇲🇽

[@MK8Warrior]

Who remembers the movie "coco" it's something like that

[@dayanaaxg.]

Yeah i do. I cried at the end lmao

[@kirstenlau8894]

@@dayanaaxg. omg same

[@hellokaylee2977]

The movie was so sad that I couldn’t even hold my tears not one bit

[@raynemykels3416]

I will be celebrating Day of the Dead this year and honoring my deceased grandmother, my aunt, and my long-lost best friend Rebecca.

[@oskarblonde1]

As mexican i'm so happy and proud. Please do it every year.

[@trap4valee430]

Awe the day of the dead is so beautiful in my culture 🥰🥳 My sister was also born on that day it’s beautiful to see the amount of love and candles ,food ,flowered for our loved ones who have passed

[@loveyourselflove4447]

Reminder "Our culture is not a costume" Don't disrespect our culture it has a lot of meaning.

[@MfckingDye]

Reminder, anybody can wear whatever they want even if it is not their own culture because they have every right to do so. This is coming from a Hispanic. Cultural appropriation is a myth.

[@Im_niaxx]

@tejano151 it is cause it’s other culture

[@sonpanchan]

If you're talking about the Catrina or Calavera Garbancera costumes then it's not wrong for anyone to dress up as a Catrina or Catrin. She's not sacred and she was a critique of Mexicans who preferred European culture over Mexican. She was a Posada Skeleton and Posada's Skeletons were about conveying that it didn't matter what your race, social status, or morals were, in the end everyone would end up a Skeleton. She also didn't have anything to do with Día de Muertos until Diego Rivera made her the personification of Death in one of his paintings. After that people started including her in their altars.

[@vanessaruiz9296]

I love Day of the Dead besides the point it is on my birthday❤️🇲🇽💀🌹

[@user-cn4se7ui6j]

It's my mom's birthday too

[@mimib.2637]

Its my birthday too!

[@vanessaruiz9296]

Happy Birthday!!!🎂

[@mimib.2637]

Happy Birthday Mariposa 06!!

[@avimorales9107]

MEXICAN GANG WHERE YOU AT?

[@user-kd4jo9iw7t]

Ay you want some tamales

[@avimorales9107]

@@user-kd4jo9iw7t No thanks I'm having Pozole even though its very hot outside. :) I had tamales the whole of last week since it was my dad's birthday

[@berrybean935]

I’m not Hispanic but I love learning the language/culture and speaking a little bit of Spanish that I know .

[@Johanaa]

Hi

[@nicolettegraves3210]

Orgullsamente Mexicana!

[@breannaperry4123]

I never knew a lot about day of the dead i just knew it was a way to celebrate loved ones who have passed away but that whole explaination was beautiful 💗😊

[@pablotheduck186]

🇲🇽💪☺️ I am a Mexican and día de muertos es asombroso y feliz ❤️

[@200pumpyou7]

Rip to my sister 🙏😭

[@chelseypitre3472]

I never knew about this until I watched coco and now I think it's beautiful and loving

[@MrSquiggles.]

What is day of the dead? Me: *puts on coco* There you go

[@Frenite]

“The Day of the Dead” has taken on a whole new meaning during covid times.

[@candicecandy8137]

Aw...stop...not funny but good 1 tho.

[@vickyescudero1947]

😠

[@esperanzaarce9563]

Yes, sadly the cemeteries will be closed so it's not going to be the same. 😔

[@somedude7104]

Frenite i i know you wont see this right away but what was the problem with you and some commenter who said you were racist about

[@Frenite]

@@somedude7104 I think you’re that commenter

[@FallingIB]

NO MUSIC! only true legends will know this.

[@FallingIB]

@@marcelaregalado1516 what?

[@fordakids1437]

I am half Mexican so I do love this day

[@anuharhernandez9275]

U have mexican blood so yeah

[@nnukky1331]

RAZA🇲🇽

[@lade7880]

There’s always someone who does this lmao

[@nnukky1331]

@@lade7880 ok and?

[@lade7880]

@@nnukky1331 and it’s funny

[@btetschner]

Thank you for the video.

[@sophiaxox1092]

I'm Mexican American and if i never knew what day of the dead was i would've watched this. But i already know what the day of the dead is so i don't know what the heck im doing here😂

[@randomcommenter6132]

Me to lol

[@darth_27]

Lol

[@emiliofloresibarra950]

Not only central mexico, i'm north mexican and its celebrated here too, all of mexico celebrates the day of the death

[@BlazVeber69]

We too celebrate this day. "Dan Mrtvih" in Slovene. First of November.

[@titoyama5760]

Wow two countries so far apart and they both have the same tradition on the same day

[@compramoscasasutah5859]

Tamales, anyone?☺️

[@user-kd4jo9iw7t]

Ayyy

[@brandon_gf]

Hell yeah

[@esperanzaarce9563]

🙋

[@thereaper8752]

In el Salvador the date of the dead is celebrated on Nov 2

[@WlfBorn]

Día de Los muertos is a celebration of life like your past family is with you and being with your family.

[@gknoxx4599]

I love day of the dead and I'm so happy that my familia is celebrating it 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽💀💀💀💀🥀🥀

[@oka8505]

Dia de los muertos isn't like a mexican halloween, we can't have another halloween 2 days after-

[@xmanmartinez00]

"Oh so it's like Mexican Halloween" "Well no not exac-" "Well here's some candy" "... 0-0 ... you got it." :D

[@lsr-by3dc]

its sad. i never got to truly celebrate this as i came to america at age 4 and never go to experience this in my home land. we still do it but i haven't seen my family in mexico since i was 4. im 15 now and i dont think ill ever get the chance to see the rest of my family :(

[@charleskim1540]

This is so amazing.

[@rupagunatilaka4126]

We learned abou this in Spanish class yesterday.

[@ollie3228]

I celebrated this from 2018 to 2020 and I will do it forever

[@MK8Warrior]

Rip Jamie's Sister she'll be forever in our hearts

[@Blckwidowpulsar]

You guys don’t know how much time I’m waiting for it too see my great grandparents graves and give them their favorite foods...

[@georgewashington3918]

I’m American and Mexican 🇺🇸 🇲🇽

[@sonpanchan]

Día de Muertos is not Halloween however Día de Muertos did end up influencing Halloween in Mexico. At least where I'm from when we went trick or treating we would ask for our Calaverita or little skull instead of saying trick or treat and people would give us candy. It was also a way for us to preserve our traditions because before Coco and Hollywood cared for Day of the Dead, it was starting to fade away as a tradition and kids were prefering Halloween. Which is why schools started doing activities to teach kids about our tradition and why you saw Día de Muertos stuff in Halloween.

[@fionaruth2223]

Very good!

[@georginasolis4578]

Ooooooof Día los muertos isn't Mexican Halloween, who in the FREAK told u that?😂

[@potato2423]

Coool celebration love it god bless

[@Adam-qv2bd]

It's a mid 1980s horror film about zombies.

[@randyolaguna-lopez6725]

We go to church and have a party instead of like some doing the flower and stuff on day of the dead thing

[@troifreeman618]

It's the coolest holiday party ever😭😭🥳

[@joshuarichmond4273]

Interesting video and I watched this video on the 27th October 2020. Not long until day of the Dead

[@nano8272]

Bro the movie I think called coco was lit

[@jcwoodstl]

Mexico has the coolest traditions

[@callmebtrays8466]

That’s soo kind

[@isamed397]

Dia de Los Muertos!

[@elopez8570]

Dia de Muertos!

[@josecamara1100]

Beautiful

[@kathleenabbu8553]

This year is the saddest Day of the Dead for me because of Pandemic we cannot visit our loved ones graveyard because of Covid. I'm not from Mexico but we celebrate Day of the Dead here in Philippines. Day of the Dead and Christmas is really important to us. 😭😭😭😭😭

[@mistytrap]

Guys I don’t know if you can tell but in this video they explain what day of the dead is

[@galaxyroblox443]

My famliy is going to celebrate this holiday well my famliy that lives in Mexico

[@boyansanchez]

Who knows from the movie 'coco' ?

[@fidelinarivera9938]

Meee

[@hectorsanchez2164]

Me

[@alvarez1593]

I found out before the movie

[@hectorsanchez2164]

@GodPain I already knew since I was born in New mexico

[@revel3009]

Most people when they saw this thought of coco

[@jessicaallec7669]

The Dead people never will be Alive ever anyways we always can remember those good fun days with them Who did pass away is gone at some point as well

[@dayanaaxg.]

Us mexicans bring Food! Just like in the movie coco

[@lorddrew2109]

Its not Mexican Halloween its dia de los muertos its so you can mourn your loved ones that passed away

[@steppy3736]

It's a lovely celebration of life.

[@RYANSPRIVATES]

Just a way to cope with your lost i like this

[@PyanY]

👏👏👏yesss! Need to stop having western ideas define other cultures and traditions

[@dianaguillen4066]

So cool

[@kalungiephrance1009]

Miss miguel and mama coco

[@SomeCraftive-Art]

Happy Day of the Dead 2023 everyone.

[@staringcorgi6475]

Oh yeah the holiday that disney tried to own

[@eddiemartin4483]

Coco almost made me cry

[@ant_aviation5369]

cool!!

[@speedcola5328]

ok so if you dont understand basically it celebrates life and death to never forget the love one that have passed away

[@christofrip1723]

I need to travel, I hate this global lockdown so much

[@christofrip1723]

@Sebastian Uribe and what sin is that sir?

[@christofrip1723]

@Sebastian Uribe get you head out of your political ass. I'm only saying I wish I could travel, but because of the lockdown it's not gonna happen anytime soon

[@christofrip1723]

@Sebastian Uribe the world is bigger than USA if you didn't know, a whole lot more land and sea out here you know

[@christofrip1723]

@Sebastian Uribe Stay safe man

[@Dylan-st8vq]

2:17 lol she was like NOT!!

[@beatrizbarajas9935]

My birthday is on the day of the dead

[@Citrusfruits50]

Amazing holiday!! 🙏🏻👻

[@shan3622]

This is the day I looked forward too to bad in our country it’s cancelled due to the pandemic... Sorry I can’t visit you this year Lola and lolo

[@deepthoughts8393]

In Poland it’s very similar. Forefathers Eve🙏

[@Gabby-oi4dz]

To bad this year my family treat dia de Los Muertos mostly like a regular day :(

[@Jy-y03]

It's my time to shine

[@raquelberger7909]

Ugh I love my country so much

[@twincouger2413]

How do people not know what the day of the dead is

[@aam7474]

Cuz not everyone celebrates it

[@antonioh6395]

I’m Mexican and I celebrate that day

[@anamenouknow5197]

Coco was beautiful movie!

[@rezails4400]

Please do not disrespect our cultural as a joke but thank you for not being disrespectful to our traditions

[@luizz18]

yall should of covered or mentioned day of the dead SB's as well.

[@PaulyWally30]

This guy talks about tradition and how Dia de muertos has been commercialized. Yet he uses the term Latin-X and with that he lost all credibility with me.

[@carlbasky7637]

*_Mama coco_* knows

[@KSWC]

Reminds me of coco

[@thatteaistocoldforme1190]

Y’all here cause of coco Miguel lm heard because of the book of life

[@xmanmartinez00]

Isn't that a good thing regardless of wich film ?

[@SirloFlamingo]

Based

[@darlajenkins1167]

The day of the dead is my birth dayyyy

[@cocotrejo5983]

México