Origin

 In pre-Hispanic times, the cult of death was one of the basic elements of culture . When somebody died, they were wrapped in a petate and then, they were burried. His relatives arrenged a party to guide him to Mictlán. 

The origin of this important festival is located in the harmony between some Catholic religious rituals, brought by the Spaniards and the commemoration of the Day of the Dead that the indigenous people had carried out since pre-Hispanic times. They transferred the veneration of their dead to the Christian calendar, which coincided with the end of the agricultural cycle of corn, the main food crop of the country.

The Day of the Dead in the indigenous vision implies the transitory return of the souls of the deceased, who return home, to the world of the living, to live with family members and to be nourished by the essence of the food that is offered to them on the altars set up in their honor.