El Dia De Los Muertos should never be shrugged off as the “Mexican” version of Halloween. Come on, people that is, just down right ignorant and unnecessarily disrespectful. Whatever ones proclivities, the truth is all of world history, with its diverse cultures, and customs is our collective heritage; to understand and integrate into our individual lives in the present by doing so we make room for ourselves to partake in the timeless and eternal process of being. El Dia De Los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) is one of any of a number of global customs that celebrate the changing of the seasons marked by the evident decline in Autumn, as well as, its bountiful harvest. This holiday has its roots firmly planted in the mythology of the Native peoples of the Americas pre European invasion. The elaborate rituals and ceremonies centered around these festivities developed in much the same way as Santeria did for the enslaved Africans brought over to this content by European settlers. Both experienced severe oppression by the European Christian settlers, both were forced to figure out creative ways to integrate the forceful imposition of Christian dogma along with their own cosmology and spiritual […]