The reasons for liking works on the theme of the dead in Mexico are not only the warm and emotional music, but also the indescribable Mexicans... They work hard, but firmly defend festivals; they are pragmatic and traditional, but they love freshness and art; they laugh at death, but They have a divinity rooted in their blood; they look trendy and cosmopolitan, but many still live in a spiritual world that values omens and coincidences, and believes in the cycle of time; The background color is a blue that can't be shaken.
If there is a "stage" for the Mexicans' insufferable words, then nothing is more suitable than the Day of the Dead. On the Day of the Dead, Mexicans commemorate their deceased relatives with joy and sorrow: cleaning the cemetery, placing flowers, holding a vigil in the cemetery, and building a beautiful altar to welcome the return of relatives and friends... On the one hand, the living can recover from death. It is more like a popular folk festival and family gathering for Mexicans who value family culture.
The Nobel Prize-winning Mexican writer Octavio Paz said in "The Labyrinth of Solitude" that "Mexicans love noise, music and crowds only to escape the loneliness and depression of individuals." Well, Day of the Dead It is precisely the best stage for Mexicans to release their loneliness and melancholy. Their belief in "death is not the end of life" also makes the Mexican blue full of romance and thoughtfulness, but not sadness.
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