Christian-El Día de los Muertos(The Day of the Dead)
Lately I have been
thinking a lot about my country
Chile and its food. That's why I made some empanadas last September to celebrate Chile's
Independence Day, which is September 18th.
Now, it's October, but in Chile
the famous Halloween is not celebrated at all because it's an American
festival, not a Latin American one. What is celebrated in Chile is November 1st,
or the Day of the Dead. It is similar to Obón in Japan.
On this day people go to the
cemetery as a family or alone and pray to those family members who have died.
What you eat is regular food, you drink red wine, you eat empanadas, ceviche
(yes, in Chile you also eat ceviche) and you usually take the day off
work or have a long weekend. A lot of people go to church, too.
Personally, I used to go to the
cemetery to visit the grave of my grandfather and my great-grandmother (yes, I
knew my great-grandmother) and I used to leave flowers on her grave.
Now that I'm in Japan, I don't
do any of that. Nor do I celebrate Halloween or the Day of the Dead... I just
stay home and watch YouTube!
Independence :独立
pray:祈る
empanadas:具入りのパンの名前
cemetery:墓地
grave:お墓