{"id":540,"date":"2025-11-03T22:59:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teenvoice.kz\/?p=540"},"modified":"2025-12-16T22:23:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:23:24","slug":"why-dia-de-muertos-will-always-be-my-favorite-time-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teenvoice.kz\/?p=540","title":{"rendered":"Why D\u00eda de Muertos will always be my favorite time of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why D\u00eda de Muertos will always be my favorite time of the year<br>Every year, right when October is ending, something magical happens here in Mexico City. The streets start to glow with candles and bright orange marigolds, and the air smells like sweet bread. It\u2019s time for D\u00eda de Muertos &#8211; one of the most beautiful and meaningful celebrations we have in Mexico.<br>If you\u2019ve only seen it in movies or on social media (especially Coco movie from Disney), you might think it\u2019s just a big colorful party with painted skulls and parades. And sure, it is fun and loud and full of life. But for us, it\u2019s way more than that. D\u00eda de Muertos is when we believe our loved ones who passed away come back to visit us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/teenvoice.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teenvoice.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/teenvoice.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-1-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/teenvoice.kz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-1-768x443.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my family, we build an ofrenda (altar) in our living room every year. We put up photos of our grandparents, their favorite drinks and snacks, candles, sugar skulls, and pan de muerto &#8211; a soft, sweet bread we all love. When I was younger, I used to sit on the floor and watch my grandma light each candle carefully. She\u2019d whisper something every time she placed one. It always felt like something special was happening.<br>In just a few days, in the big main square, there will be giant skull sculptures, music everywhere, and people dressed as skeletons. My friends and I will spend hours doing our face paint and taking pictures, but honestly, the best part will be just walking through the crowd, feeling like everyone was celebrating the same thing together. At school, we build a small altar with photos, flowers, and paper decorations we made ourselves. We also post stories on Instagram with the hashtag #D\u00edaDeMuertosVive.<br>For me, this celebration isn\u2019t about being sad. It\u2019s about remembering the people we love and feeling close to them again, even if just for a night. It\u2019s about music, laughter, candles, and the smell of marigolds everywhere.<br>If you ever visit Mexico during this time, don\u2019t just watch from the side. Light a candle. Eat some pan de muerto. Talk about someone you miss. That\u2019s what D\u00eda de Muertos is really about &#8211; love that doesn\u2019t disappear, even when people do.<br>\u201cMientras recordemos a los que amamos, ellos nunca mueren.\u201d &#8211; While we remember those we love, they never die.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why D\u00eda de Muertos will always be my favorite time of the yearEvery year, right when October is ending, something magical happens here in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":1304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teenvoice.kz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teenvoice.kz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teenvoice.kz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teenvoice.kz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teenvoice.kz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/teenvoice.kz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":542,"href":"https:\/\/teenvoice.kz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions\/542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teenvoice.kz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teenvoice.kz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teenvoice.kz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teenvoice.kz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}