The Day of the Dead

The Whole Rabbit

Began folding orange paper flowers and stewing the mole because the veil is getting thin, Abuela’s ghost is drunk on tequila and she’s going to be mad if you mess up the recipe because tonight we are celebrating Dia De Los Meurtos, the Day of the Dead!

Special thanks to Dae and Heka Astra for providing the research and notes for this episode.
Hosted by: h4ckrabbit, Mari Sama, Darth Dingus, Malachor V and Heka Astra

On this special episode we discuss:
-Catholic Invasion!
-The Relationship to Halloween
-Trick or Treating
-Ancestor Worship
-The Mexican Flag
-Skull Candy
-Marigolds
-Offerings to the Dead
-Pulque
-Human Sacrifice
-Mexican Hot Chocolate
-The Jaguar and the Sun God
-Calaveras
-Day of the Innocents
-Butterfly Migrations
-Papel Picado
-John Dee and Tezcatlipoca’s Obsidian Mirror
-Quecholli Tamales
- Mixcoatl, Itzpapalotl and Mictēcacihuātl
-How to pack a banana in the lunch
-Xolotl, Mexican Hermanubis

In the extended episode available at www.patreon.com/thewholerabbit we discuss:
-How to Make an Ofrenda
-What is a Cholo?
-The Xoloitzcuintli
-Pan De Meurto
-Salt in Ritual
-The Afterlife
-The Copal Tree
-What is Mole?
-Pazole
-Ass Toast
-Tapeta De Arena
-Comparasa
-Alebrijes
-La Danza de los Viejitos
-La Katrina and José Guadalupe Posada
Music by: Spirit Travel Plaza
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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mictl%C4%81n
https://mythopedia.com/aztec-mythology/gods/mictlantecuhtli/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tezcatlipoca
https://www.azteccalendar.com/god/Itzpapalotl.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Calavera_Catrina

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Day

https://nahuatl.uoregon.edu/content/quecholli

https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2015/05/lettuce-and-kings-the-power-struggle-between-horus-and-set-2/

https://buchanansplants.com/the-meaning-of-marigolds/#:~:text=Known%20as%20the%20Flower%20of,the%20souls%20of%20the%20dead.&text=It%20is%20believed%20during%20Dia,the%20living%20during%20the%20celebration

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