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BRINGING DEATH TO LIFE
In Mexico, Catholic and Zapotec Indian beliefs are mixed to create an annual holiday that reunites people with family members and friends who have died. El Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) is a weeklong festival of life, not sorrow. Its core belief is that the deceased is not dead until he or she is forgotten, that this life and the next are continuous. It is an expression of the human need for transcendence after death. The festival includes the building of altars of remembrance in the home, complete with faded photographs of those being remembered. After the living visit cemeteries for contemplative reunions with the dead, they visit the altars of relatives to break bread.
Ritual allows us a structure in which to grieve. It gives shape to our suffering, allowing it meaningful form, and helping it become less overwhelming. At the MOSER FUNERAL HOME, 233 Broadview Avenue, Warrenton, we are here to help create the rituals that you find meaningful and that seem appropriate to memorialize your loved one’s life. Call us at 347-3431 to set up an appointment.
“Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal: Dust thou art, to dust returnest. Was not spoken of the soul." ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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