Are you ready for Mexico's annual Día de Muertos or Day of the Dead celebrations on 1 & 2 November 2020? Don't let the skulls fool you – Día de Muertos is a much-needed affirmation of life and a celebration of loved ones near and far, past and present. NIZUC Resort & Spa is encouraging its social media followers and guests who can't be in Mexico in person this year to hold their own Día de Muertos at home.  To help get the party started, NIZUC will be sharing recipes, tutorials, tips and music playlists daily from Monday 26 October onwards so that followers have everything they need to bring one of Mexico's most important cultural holidays into their home.

Tools for the virtual fiesta include a flower crown tutorial incorporating the Flor de Cempasuchil or Mexican marigold, an important symbol associated with the sun and rebirth; 14 colouring templates based on traditional Día de Muertos illustrations; a Spotify playlist of traditional and modern music; cocktail tutorials; cooking demonstration of a traditional Pan de Muertos, a delicious loaf of sweet bread coated in sugar; and a Calavera Catrina make up tutorial.  The Mexican Día de Muertos is an extremely social holiday and dressing up as skeletons is part of the fun.  People of all ages have their faces artfully painted to resemble skulls, and, mimicking the Calavera Catrina, they don suits and fancy dresses. 

An explosion of colour and life-affirming joy, the roots of the Day of the Dead lie in the ancient religious traditions of Mesoamerica's indigenous population.  In towns and cities throughout Mexico, revellers take part in parades and parties dressed in traditional costumes and make up, sing and dance, and make offerings to lost loved ones.  Día de Muertos is one of the most important days in the Mexican calendar and in 2008, Mexico's Day of the Dead was inscribed in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.  

All of these materials will be available from 26 October onwards on NIZUC's Instagram page and IGTV, on Facebook, by searching the hashtag #DíadeMuertosNIZUC, or visiting the resort's blog https://blog.nizuc.com

Link to Día de Muertos images: https://bit.ly/3kha6ui