when someone dies we mourn but we make sure to celebrate their life through a party with the people they cherished. If those people are happy, we can ensure that they'll be happy in the afterlife :)
My mother is Mexican, my father is Korean, and I’m really close to both cultures, so I love just looking at the differences and similarities between them lol- 🇲🇽💗🇰🇷
Coco is a very romantic/friendly view on Día de Muertos, nice introduction for foreigners to Mexican culture. But there's so much more to how mexicans view death as a group and as individuals. It depends a lot on people's religion, philosophy and traditions (which also vary from region to region). I think prehispanic cultures like mayans and mexicas had a view of the afterlife slightly similar to what Buddhists believe.Thanks for making this kind of content! I hope it sparks curiosity for Mexico in many more people around the world.
Yup, the Aztecs and Mayans believed in an underworld comprised of 9 levels in which the deceased were stripped of their flesh and minds and spirit for possible rebirth (it wasn't a given). Similar to Buddism, there were different after-lives one could belong to. There was a separate after-life for deceased newborns (who would be sent immediately to Omeyocan to await rebirth), as well as an afterlife for those who died by drowning, disease, lightning, etc, and an afterlife for warriors who died in combat. Warriors were granted the special privilege of descending to Earth every four years in the forms of butterflies and hummingbirds. Interestingly, women who died in childbirth were considered warriors in their own right and were granted permission to visit earth as well, but only once every fifty-two years because it was feared their strong maternal yearning would incite them to cling to the mortal world, thereby making them dangerous. They also believed there were 13 levels of heaven in which the gods resided. Omeyocan was the highest level, and it was where creation happened.
@@nightlove3574 Well youre 75% right the Chichihuanauco was the afterlife realm of the unborn and New born babies, the Omeyocan its were the dual deity of creation resides, plus the "heaven" for the most honored warriors. In the Mictlan and in the Xibalba there wasnt rebirth for the mortals, we became one with the universe when the travel ends. Yes theres nine regions in the Mictlan and Xibalba but we have 13 different "heavens" it depends on how you died.
as a Mexican; the movie 'coco' represent a very "festive and happy" side of what our country actually does. el día de los muertos *its* a celebration for our love ones who passed away, we commemorate their death with an altar where we place candles, colourful paper decorations, sugar skulls and we place the favorite food and toys in the altar of the person who we are commemorating. while it may seem a cheerful day, its actually a melancholic one because we spend the day praying or thinking on our loved ones who passed away.
Well, it depends from region to region, or family traditions. I mean, in my place we're not only do an altar, people go to the cemetery like a picnic day to spend the time with all the family, alive and death, in a very cheerful event, it's not melancholic at all. Even at the schools have festivals and contest about the most beautiful altar. In other states like Aguascalientes are even more cheerful about it, obviously bc Catrina born there and they know how to celebrate it.
[ @@m.mapple6559 ] también en mi ciudad, estando en la primaria, solíamos hacer festividades más alegres en ese día; however, as i (and the ppl around me) have grown up, we dont celebrate the day in a cheerful way,,,, but yea ! it really depends ig
I'm not even gonna lie, Coco and The Book of Life totally peaked my interest in Dia de los Muertos (I hope I said/typed that right)! I've learned so much because these movies started my study of the culture. And I also have collected a crap ton of sugar skulls from a store near me that sells a lot of different Mexican decor. 💕
Day of the dead, is actually very solemn, in the grounds of the dead people and in the altars, but in the city lately has been a little more festive, but before was not that much, i think it was after 007 movie, goberment traied to reenact one scene of that movie, and they continue because that atract tourist,. Actually COCO is a movie from USA but represent very well the day and the culture, there are moments and places to be solem and moments and places to be festive.
Yes my mom said back in the day people wouldn’t be all dressed up and paint their faces, that’s something more recent where there’s huge celebrations in the city.
yeah, the tradition goes back like centuries back, but recently the movies helped popularize again the tradition to big cities that did not celebrate as much, and to introduce the tradition to foreigners. Myself I am from a big city, and the most we did was altars at school. We would choose a famous death person to honor, and the school would built and decorate the altar, and November 2nd or a close date (if it was o weekend) we would have a feast with the food while honoring the passed. But I know many people go to the cemetery and stay there for the night as the tradition goes.
Don't think so, in Aguascalientes have been always celebrate like a festival, a big festival, maybe bc Catrina born there. BTW I from Chiapas and it's been always a cheering festival. We do all altar stuff and in my mother's town all the people go to the cemetery to spend the time with all the family like "a picnic day", alive and deaths. Tons of music, alcohol and a lot lot of food.
But in Mexican culture there's also something like the buddhism one, in the mexica culture they believe that after your dead you have to cross the mictlán it's a long and dangerous journey that consist in 9 levels and it takes 4 years to complete, then your soul is recived by Mictlantecuhtli & Mictlancihuatl and then you can have you eternal rest Sorry for my english
Thats Aztec myth but most Mexicans dont really know it. We are majority raised catholic and for the most part we share the same simplistic ideas of afterlife as the north. Heaven is blue, cloudy and shiny and Hell is red, hot and dark, and we joke about the light at the tunnel and your life history flashing trough your eyes.
I'm mexican American and lived in Mexico for most of my teenage years and tbh? Of course we are sad when someone passes away but in my family at least, remembering them is super important. Altars, festivals, are just louder more passionate ways to express how much we love and miss them! Although, it was always stressed, *never be afraid of death!* It will come for you whether you are young or old, sick or healthy, rich or poor. We all die and it's important to not fear it, but to embrace life now while you can live it!
Finally a Mexican thing wiiii, I saw the video n yeah, every year we sit n remember all the good memories we have with our love ones that passed away, always eating a bread called pan de muerto. In the night we dress as skulls n have a party to celebrate the good moments in the name of our love ones that we don't have in earth anymore. I liked to learn the Korean way as well, is very interesting how everyone have what they kinda deserve but I was a bit scared of it hahha 🥺 I like when chacha n mj react they're very cool 💗
Before Buddhism came to Korea, we used to celebrate when somebody died bc it meant they were finally at peace, and it was like a graduation party of completing life. We wore white clothes and danced fiercely to celebrate and help send the spirit to heaven. But this was a couple thousand years ago, before Chinese armies invaded Korea and brought their religions like Buddhism
@@purplerainbow1995 which is interesting because some Chinese families celebrate something similar to dia de los muertos where we go to the graves and have a picnic with our deceased loved ones
@@jenlc1536 I'm speaking more about when the person dies... but I don't think that culture is unique to ancient koreans or non-existent in Chinese culture. Sorry if it seemed that way. Before the world got extremely violent a couple thousand years ago, I think all of our ancestors regarded death similarly. I was only mentioning the timeline of when that culture existed for Koreans.
In Mexico most of the population is catholic or believe in some form of christianity so they do believe the in concept of heaven for “the pure” and hell for “the sinners” being the afterlife but then again everyones concept of the afterlife (if you believe in one) is different.
Yeah, most people are Catholic and probably believe in hell for bad people and heaven for good people but it’s all away important to remember that being part of a religion (specially a widespread one) doesn’t mean the adherents actually believe a strict view of the church’s doctrine. Like how believe in Santa varies a lot form child to child, and region to region. For example, some people in Mexico who are every into dia de los muertos say that only people who went to heaven get to come back and visit. So it’s Catholic but not all Catholics are the same. Some say dia de los muertos is a pagan insult against God or a declining tradition
They are only catholic to hide their gods and goddesses behind the image of those saints. I am Puerto Rican it is almost the same for us too. There may be a lot of mexicans who are truly catholic but back in the day it was only because they were being colonized by spain (thanks the that bastard christopher columbus) and had to his the gods and goddesses they worship being the catholic images. Fun fact before this spain was colonized too that's why they are catholic or christian.
i'm not really sure of the use of Disney and a parade based on a scene from James Bond to depict the way we see death here in Mexico, ik Coco is cute and all but, i was kinda expecting when i saw the title that they would use footage related with the graveyards in Michoacan or somenthing similar, also more on the prehispanic side, just like they did with the buddhist side of death. I get that Coco is the more known work but idk, maybe a bit more research would be fine?
They're using current views for both cultures. Before Buddhism came to Korea from Chinese invasions a couple thousand years ago, Koreans celebrated death because it was like a graduation ceremony of "life." They sang and danced fiercely, helping the spirit transition to heaven. But then wars started and people died in inhumane ways, and death became sad. Now funerals are becoming more and more like western funerals.
@@purplerainbow1995 Mexico has a mixture of religions, like Catholicism in which they believe in Heaven and Hell. I wouldn't say the movie Coco is a representation of "current views" on afterlife from Mexico. The movie is seemingly only based on the holiday, a tradition among most Mexicans (not all), that celebrates the dead.
@@orangepeachbb3849 true, that makes sense, SK is mixed too now. In 1900, almost everyone practiced Buddhism or Confucianism and only 1% were Christian from European missionaries. Today, 57% have no religion, 20% Protestant, 16% Buddhist, 8% Catholic, and other marginal religions. Most Korean Christians and Catholics most likely oppose these beliefs. But also, I don't think all Buddhists believe what was in the video either. Can any Korean Buddhists confirm? I've been exposed to a lot of Buddhism with family and friends and have never heard of these hells 😄
Also you should’ve mentioned a thing that we do called Altares where we give offerings to the people who have passed away, it’s where we put the food that they used to like, activities and other things. When they come to visit, they’ll know that the people still believe in them.
us Koreans also have altars and offerings for the dead, but unlike the ones in Mexico, the process is a lot more solemn and stricter and people may not do it depending on their religion (for instance, most Protestants in Korea don’t do those altars since they think it’s against their religious philosophy). Anyways, as a Korean who is living in Mexico, I’m so glad that they made a video about difference between those two cultures :)
@@samsalada Yeah I know, however I was referring it towards me being idetified in this video bc it is a tradition I'm proud about, as well that I haven't seen a single video in this channel in which they've something that is not related to the U.S. as a western thing. Also I was referring it to as whatever you call people from the same place as you like I don't know, panas? weyes? Mis personas? weones? Boludos? Yo que sé? It was to relate, I wasn't even thinking about that song in the first place, like i said and i repeat, i did it bc I relate to it
I'm Hispanic, I was born in Puebla and I'm currently living in Aguascalientes. I think I'm speaking for every Hispanic when I say that Day of the death is very important to us, because for us is the one night a year our passed loved ones can come and visit us again. And I absolutely love that people with other cultures are learning about this 😩👏🏽💖
*i actually think coco is a good example of our culture (in a very romanticized way), it would have been nice if they saw a picture of people celebrating 'Dia de los Muertos' (day of the death) in* *Michoacan, it's so beautiful.*
Thank you for introducing me to Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds! What an absolutely incredible movie! I watched it all and loved every second. It's very easy to get invested in!
I’m half Korean and half Mexican I know more of my Mexican side because I basically lived in Mexico since I was a baby but day of the dead or día de Los muertos we celebrate their life we are not sad we show them we remember them and that they have people that love them which is so beautiful
I love seeing them have a positive view on Mexican culture. I’m Mexican born and raised in New Mexico, though even if we moved to texas, the culture stayed within us. Dia de los Muertos is such a beautiful thing to do, remembering or passed loved ones, it’s honestly such a beauty.
On the Day of the Death, (or their anniversary of passing ) we also cook their favorite meals and put fruits, bread, and drinks so they can take it back with them. If they are children we place candy and toys on the decorated tables (Ofrenda) . We spend time in the cementery it's really beautiful and colorful.
The Ten Courts of Buddhism sounds crazy, especially with the not able to give birth issue. Even though I’m sure with medical technology these days can be corrected, but no one should be punished for not wanting to correct that..
As a Buddhist I was really surprised to hear that, 😂 I do not believe that sentence maybe bcs I follow Theravada Buddhism not Mahayana, what I know is that not everybody goes to hell and going to heaven is damn hard😂, not giving birth is not a crime, I don’t know who created it that way, so if there was a female monk, who lives in a temple and doesn’t give birth, it doesn’t sound right that she goes to hell, I believe that we born again and die again like a cycle, and we pay for our sins in the lives we born, getting killed or murdered, some are tortured and raped, living as a poor or starving, being born as a animals or insects or not having one of the six senses, appearance problems. I think people who experience this have committed some sins in the past lives. Like a girl who is getting bullied in this life might have bullied someone in her past life, that’s what I think, nobody has to agree with me tho. Life is so hard bro, whatever 😂 But I respect that every religion and culture is different and beautiful in their own way, there must be a reason to say that not giving birth is a crime, I’m not disrespecting that sentence I’m just saying my opinion, I hope someone doesn’t misunderstand me😂👍 Edit: and according to Theravada Buddhism people go to hell for serious crimes like killing or murdering innocent people or having dark thoughts of those kind of incidents and there is a saying that if we suicide it’s hard to get a human life back. Just saying.. 😄 Wow that’s a long paragraph Sryyy
the mexican one is like in the Philippines but we just celebrate at the graveyard and even have sleepovers there to remind our lost loved ones that we’re still here and we haven’t forgotten about you.
If that is true, since Mexico and the Philippines share history because we were close countries in several commercial treaties in Manila, as well as there was miscegenation between Mexicans and Filipinos. We exchange a lot of culture 💜I hope this article can be translated into English, it is very interesting since they mention the history between Mexico and the Philippines www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/mexico-y-filipinas-dos-paises-que-se-parecen-mucho.html
No lo sé Rick mi distintivo inglés básico no me ayudó, pero me entretuve :)), gracias por reaccionar a México, a mi también me gusta la cultura coreana
As a Mexican, originally from Veracruz, I am proud to know our culture and customs. Here we see death as another extension of life, and every year we celebrate it to remember and celebrate those who advanced us. They should raise content reacting to the culture of Mexico which is very varied depending on the state in which you are🥳🤩
i love how nobody is talking about koreas afterlife cause as an asian i can say that our way of afterlife is very creative and terrifying 😂, like ypu could just breath the wrong way and boom its eternal hell for you
I like the celtic afterlife, when you die, your soul just get yeeted into something else, if you were a druid, you became a tree, if you were a warrior you became a wolf or something, if you were a hunter you became a rabbit or something, basicaly you became what was related with you profesion, it was a way to present respect about nature and creation, after all you will become nature when you die, so might as well take care of it (If you did something awful, like mureder, the druids would sever your bound to nature, for druids it was represented by cutting the tree the druid who commited the crime was going to reincarnate in, etc)
*In my state(in mexico) when it's Dia de muertos we often greet people by saying "buen viaje" ("Good journeys" which in this case we mean as in when you die, may your journey to the afterlife be good, there's so many layers to the Mexican after life I could write an entire essay, but we celebrate death just as much as we celebrate life, it is a journey for the spirit, 9 levels you must walk all good people and bad people, and depending one the choices you made in life, either your journey is good or bad, and it's your spirit animal the one that guides you there (like dante to miguel, pepita to mama imelda) I love the representation there. Thank you for taking the time to see this movie*
Hola soy Mexicano y me enorgullece mi cultura peeero... Actually, the culture where the "day of the dead" comes from had its underworld called the "mictlan" where you went through 7 levels of torment in order to reach the god of death and become one with everything, the day of the dead is for the living to remember their loved ones, but that and the underworld of our culture Christian is different
I have mixed emotions about them having coco as a way to represent his because I personally think that coco became very Americanized in some ways. But again that is my opinion and it can change. (I am Mexican am I have lived here my whole life)
Habría sido más acertado que pusieran algo sobre el "mictlan", De hecho hay un comercial de una cerveza mexicana que se llama "Victoria" que lo explica súper bien, lo que el Día de Muertos representa realmente para México. 🇲🇽
As a mexican I can say this is true. Although there’s also the believe of heaven and hell for catholic and christians (depending on the religion) but we all like the thought of our loved ones visiting us and we celebrate them and remember them with love. As they said, no one really never dies if you remember them and think about them.
I remember a couple back in high school, a Mexican boy and an half Vietnamese and half Korean girl. Many classmates found their relationship cringe (to some extent it kind of was) but it was also heartwarming how long they’ve been together. Since freshman year, I’ve only ever saw them together, fast forward 5 years after graduation, they’re still together. Kind of a random comment but this video reminded me of them.
I'm pretty proud of how my culture handles death. Although we do mourn the people who have passed on, Dia de Muertos is a day to remember and celebrate the life that our friends and family lived. We present them offerings of things that they liked in life so that they can have them in the afterlife. That's why cemeteries on Dia de Muertos are lit up and full of people and music.
The video did great in pointing out the differences countries/religions can have about "Death". As a disclaimer Mexico's culture surrounding that subject is either spiritual, religious, or a bit of both(both is more common). Mexican culture can be conservative as most of Mexico practices some form of Christianity. With that a lot of judgment can be given to those that have passed. Or spiritual, having shrines with photos of loved ones. The shrines are surrounded with candles of different saints, herbs, and things that resemble/belonged to the person they are remembering. Lastly the beautiful holiday of Dia De Los Muertos (Oct. 28-Nov. 2). Family/Friends going to the graveyards to celebrate and honor passed loved ones with food, drinks, and flowers. It's more than the movie "Coco" (which is a great movie btw).
In the philippines we have similar traditional that is " all souls day" we celebrate to remember our ancestors and love one's that died and for to honor them we bring foods flower and candles
I love Coco and since im from mexico the Dia de muertos is an Iconic celebration at my school and family, when I was 5yo I always wanted to be in that place like the one on coco when I die and I hope my dear Abuelita Shello is there with my Tio R.I.P
I went to a town in Guerrero, MX with my abuela in 2019 and we were there for a month bc of the ritual she does. It’s not really a celebration but it is a memorial service. the first few days we got there, we clean her sister house (since it’s her first time doing it for her sister since she passed in January that same year) then we made a alter for her sister by making bread and giving her flower and every day we will do a prayer around 3/4pm and once the prayer is finish we end it off with fireworks and have people drinking a shot glads of rompope. Once november 1 and 2 comes around we celebrate for the kids that passed away.on the 2nd that when we take the flower that were in the alter and bring it to their burial site and clean their area. come back and say the last ceremony prayer and then we start the “party” on the 2nd and this is where people from out of town comes back to pay their respect and eat food and bc it was a small town where everyone knew everyone, they know whos their first celebration when it comes to the day of the dead.
When someone die we feel sad, we still choose to remember them and keep them in our minds. We even offer them food for them to eat. For me I feel happy emotional and connected to family members, I hope they’re doing great :)
7:20 Us mexicans, in a weird way, make fun at the fact of death. Where most cultures see it as solemn and grim, mexicans see it as just another stage of life. Which is why when Day of the Dead comes around, it seems to be more of a family reunion with the beloved departed rather than pragmatic ceremony or memorial services. This juxtaposition between the cultures' vision of death is what makes Mexico's unique, where one culture would see Death as something of reverance and deep respect, Mexico just casually hugs it out and invites out for drinks No one is truly dead if you keep remembering them.
In the celebrations of the "day of the dead" it does not mean that we celebrate death, we celebrate the lives of people who are no longer with us, we make them an altar with their photographs, with their favorite things, foods, drinks. We put flowers, candles, music, everything so that our loved ones know that we still remember them and we hope that one day we will meet them again.
Love this video! Mexico has some really creepy urban legends you should look into. Really good stories to make sure all of the kids were on their best behavior!
Disney - Pixar did a great job with the english version. Girls, you should watch 코코 again, but this time in the original (Mexican) Spanish version. It rocks.
It’s also a day to remember the rest of the family that’s gone and visit them leave flowers and just not forget them and pay for them miss Mexico so much 🇲🇽 🧡
I thought they were gonna show parts of the book of life cause damn THAT WAS THE BEST DAY OF THE DEAD MOVIE IVE WATCHED, But as a Hispanic girl that's never been to Mexico I think death is different for everyone
For us Mexicans, death is only another step in life, but we're still there, and the Day of the dead is to rejoin with those that have parted ways but they're still with us in our hearts and thoughts ❤
Being a Mexican, who celebrates every Day of the Dead, we often portray death as not being absolute, because we will live on through the memories left behind with our families. We are only truly dead when we are forgotten or there is nobody left to remember us.
In Mexico the point is that the dead person can be happy in both sides, visiting his loved ones and in the land of the dead "Mictlán" so in day of the dead we give them a party in their honor and for all the dead ones who are lost.
As a mexican, death is highly connected to spirituality and is viewed as theyre "rejoining" (for those who believe in religion) their lord and will live in peace and happiness
Mexicans do not wish for their family to be sad when they die so Dia de Muertos allow their lives to be celebrated instead of mourned. We like to cherish the happy moments they gave us with them and keep their memories alive for the next generation so they can be connected together ❤️
Cool video. An idea for another (related) video could be funeral differences between religions? Like the Buddhist funerals (idk just throwing it out there because they used it for the video), an Irish wake, New Orleans second line, etc.?
Mexican cosmologic vision about afterlife is greater than COCO, you should have researched about the journey of souls through the 9 regions of hell to Mictlán and the importance of Xoloitzcuintle (hairless dog) and why those characters doesn't have flesh but bones. It's such a beautiful and intricate tradition to worship and remember our dead love ones! My heart always feels so full of proud and love whenever I read those stories.
also, at funerals, in mexican culture it is common for us to sing to the person who has passed. this normally happens especially if the person who passed requested a specific song to be sung by their friends and family members. im sure not everyone does this but this is what i’ve seen fellow mexicans do as well.
I liked the video overall but I have some facts to add since I believe the information given wasn’t the best when it comes to Day of the Dead: •the movie Coco is a good representation of the holiday but it isn’t representative enough since our celebration has a deep meaning and it has many elements to it, you can’t just base yourself from the movie you should investigate further •The Day of the Dead originated in the prehispanic era, when our indigenous civilizations such as the mexicas, mayas, olmecas, zapotecos, toltecos, etc paid tribute to death which took place on the last week of October and the fist days of November •These civilization had different interpretations of death, the mexicas believed that you had to travel though 9 regions/levels of the underworld (The Mictlan) In which they overcame obstacles represented by Alebrijes (spiritual guides) and went through process of “detachment from their bodies and emotions” for 4 years until they reached peace •We don’t just celebrate like the image of the festival/parade of the picture which is in Mexico City, we make “altares” the fundamental element in the Day of the Dead in honor of those family members, friends, idols,...that we loved so that we can remember them fully that day, we don’t just celebrate death we just understand it and respect it so much that we use that day to celebrate since we believe that the spirits of those who passed away will come visit us, we pray and visit the pantheons where people sometimes spend the entire day besides the graves of the loved ones. •Just by learning the altars have meaning in terms of what we believe of the steps until after life since it represents the view of the prehispanic civilizations fused together with the catholic religion: •The basic levels of the altar are the “Heaven/Sky” and the “Earth”, the levels vary since it can reach to 7 levels in total, each level is a step to getting to THE MICTLAN (the place of eternal rest) •The offerings placed on the altar attract the spirits to facilitate the trip from Mictlán to the homes of their relatives to enjoy a night of partying/remembering •We add flowers of Cempasúchil which represents the sun, that is why they used it to create paths and guide their loved ones to the altars, and many other flowers •we also make Bread of the Dead which is a typical bread The offerings of each step and meaning: 1.First floor: image of the saint of whom one is a devotee. 2.Second floor: image of the souls. 3.Third floor: salt (purifies) or mirror so the soul can see themselves or transport 4. Fourth floor: image of the main character. 5.Fifth floor: favorite food of the guests of the world of the dead, when it’s children they add their toys or candies (sugar skulls) 6.Sixth floor: photography and portraits of the deceased. 7. Seventh floor: cross formed by seeds or fruits. The most representative Day of the Dead is celebrated in Patzcuaro, Michoacán, in this place people believe that the monarch butterflies that arrive in that time of the year specially in the Day of the Dead are the spirits of their loved ones arriving to visit them that day. The Day of the dead parade/festival is really cool and represents many traditions and parts of our culture but it is mainly just an attraction for the tourists Hope to whoever reads this gets more understanding of the whole tradition and wants to investigate a little more since I couldn’t Include everything into the text 💖💖💖💖 thanks for making the video i got to understand more of the Korean view it’s really interesting I just wanted to clarify the whole view of my tradition into this coming from a Mexican herself 🇲🇽✨
I would have liked them to show something besides disney/pixar CoCo and instead a documentary or something more explanatory about the origins and Aztec culture.
I just realized people doesn't like "Day of the dead" and have a true respect for the Mexican culture, they only see Mexicans as "Coco" and that's it 😪
As Mexican this is kinda inacurated.🧡 The day of the death is celebrated November 1- its a mixture of Spanish Catholicism idiosyncrasies (because we were conquered by them) and our prehispanic Nahuatl culture, where we celebrated parties with candles, food, incience to lead our dead people to Mictlan one afterplace that also has 9 levels. And was created by a group of gods called Quetzalcoatl, Texcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli where they used their fluids to created it, to give bones a new beginning. ✌🏻Hahaha ok im off 😂
In mexico when is the day of the dead we make an altar with the picture of our lost one, their favorite item, food, clothes and they actually come to eat and play. You can ask ANY mexican and they will say is truth because the next day we sometimes eat the food or the drinks and they have any flavor at all, they taste like nothing. And that makes us do happy because it means they still with us. I'm so happy to be mexican and have a lot of culture to be proud of, thank you for making this video🤍🤍🤍
mexican culture is so vivid i swear, it's so lively
I'm not Mexican but the culture is just so gorgeous and cool to me!
Yo congolese Culture is the best a so diverse 🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩 but I live mexico
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“Is the best” there is no “best culture” lol
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when someone dies we mourn but we make sure to celebrate their life through a party with the people they cherished. If those people are happy, we can ensure that they'll be happy in the afterlife :)
That's cool
Indeed !!!
Then we drink jarritos😋
@@Memedoggo04 and a couple shots in their honor 😌😌
that’s the best thing ever, that’s amazing.
My mother is Mexican, my father is Korean, and I’m really close to both cultures, so I love just looking at the differences and similarities between them lol- 🇲🇽💗🇰🇷
That’s such a beautiful blend! You come from two beautiful rich cultures💕Best wishes to you and your family during these times🥰
How'd they meet
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Mom traveled a lot, met him in Korea, dated, married, had me + siblings, moved to America lol.
omg the food from both cultures r so good 😭😭 this is so cool honestly bc both cultures r so amazing
That's sooooo cool!
Coco is a very romantic/friendly view on Día de Muertos, nice introduction for foreigners to Mexican culture. But there's so much more to how mexicans view death as a group and as individuals. It depends a lot on people's religion, philosophy and traditions (which also vary from region to region). I think prehispanic cultures like mayans and mexicas had a view of the afterlife slightly similar to what Buddhists believe.Thanks for making this kind of content! I hope it sparks curiosity for Mexico in many more people around the world.
Yup, the Aztecs and Mayans believed in an underworld comprised of 9 levels in which the deceased were stripped of their flesh and minds and spirit for possible rebirth (it wasn't a given). Similar to Buddism, there were different after-lives one could belong to. There was a separate after-life for deceased newborns (who would be sent immediately to Omeyocan to await rebirth), as well as an afterlife for those who died by drowning, disease, lightning, etc, and an afterlife for warriors who died in combat. Warriors were granted the special privilege of descending to Earth every four years in the forms of butterflies and hummingbirds. Interestingly, women who died in childbirth were considered warriors in their own right and were granted permission to visit earth as well, but only once every fifty-two years because it was feared their strong maternal yearning would incite them to cling to the mortal world, thereby making them dangerous.
They also believed there were 13 levels of heaven in which the gods resided. Omeyocan was the highest level, and it was where creation happened.
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I agree. Coco was just a very very very basic overview of the dia de Los muertos culture. It was a very simple movie for foreigners
@@nightlove3574 Well youre 75% right the Chichihuanauco was the afterlife realm of the unborn and New born babies, the Omeyocan its were the dual deity of creation resides, plus the "heaven" for the most honored warriors.
In the Mictlan and in the Xibalba there wasnt rebirth for the mortals, we became one with the universe when the travel ends.
Yes theres nine regions in the Mictlan and Xibalba but we have 13 different "heavens" it depends on how you died.
as a Mexican; the movie 'coco' represent a very "festive and happy" side of what our country actually does.
el día de los muertos *its* a celebration for our love ones who passed away, we commemorate their death with an altar where we place candles, colourful paper decorations, sugar skulls and we place the favorite food and toys in the altar of the person who we are commemorating.
while it may seem a cheerful day, its actually a melancholic one because we spend the day praying or thinking on our loved ones who passed away.
Well, it depends from region to region, or family traditions. I mean, in my place we're not only do an altar, people go to the cemetery like a picnic day to spend the time with all the family, alive and death, in a very cheerful event, it's not melancholic at all. Even at the schools have festivals and contest about the most beautiful altar. In other states like Aguascalientes are even more cheerful about it, obviously bc Catrina born there and they know how to celebrate it.
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también en mi ciudad, estando en la primaria, solíamos hacer festividades más alegres en ese día; however, as i (and the ppl around me) have grown up, we dont celebrate the day in a cheerful way,,,, but yea ! it really depends ig
I agree
But I really like the food they make
@@m.mapple6559 Same in Guerrero
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I think it's cute that they showed coco to represent us Mexicans-
@Little White Rabbit exactly 😂 I was cracking up. They have the best reactions
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I'm not even gonna lie, Coco and The Book of Life totally peaked my interest in Dia de los Muertos (I hope I said/typed that right)! I've learned so much because these movies started my study of the culture. And I also have collected a crap ton of sugar skulls from a store near me that sells a lot of different Mexican decor. 💕
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Day of the dead, is actually very solemn, in the grounds of the dead people and in the altars, but in the city lately has been a little more festive, but before was not that much, i think it was after 007 movie, goberment traied to reenact one scene of that movie, and they continue because that atract tourist,. Actually COCO is a movie from USA but represent very well the day and the culture, there are moments and places to be solem and moments and places to be festive.
It was active in my little village, it's always a tradition but still, I think people used to celebrate Halloween more
Yes my mom said back in the day people wouldn’t be all dressed up and paint their faces, that’s something more recent where there’s huge celebrations in the city.
yeah, the tradition goes back like centuries back, but recently the movies helped popularize again the tradition to big cities that did not celebrate as much, and to introduce the tradition to foreigners. Myself I am from a big city, and the most we did was altars at school. We would choose a famous death person to honor, and the school would built and decorate the altar, and November 2nd or a close date (if it was o weekend) we would have a feast with the food while honoring the passed. But I know many people go to the cemetery and stay there for the night as the tradition goes.
And it used to be a longer event until.
Don't think so, in Aguascalientes have been always celebrate like a festival, a big festival, maybe bc Catrina born there. BTW I from Chiapas and it's been always a cheering festival. We do all altar stuff and in my mother's town all the people go to the cemetery to spend the time with all the family like "a picnic day", alive and deaths. Tons of music, alcohol and a lot lot of food.
But in Mexican culture there's also something like the buddhism one, in the mexica culture they believe that after your dead you have to cross the mictlán it's a long and dangerous journey that consist in 9 levels and it takes 4 years to complete, then your soul is recived by Mictlantecuhtli & Mictlancihuatl and then you can have you eternal rest
Sorry for my english
wait really I have not heard about this , its very interesting
There's a beer commercial about this... I forgot the name of the beer but i kind of remember something like this
@@eskarlaram Yes it's called "Mictlán: El primer comercial de México hablado en Náhuatl" it's a comercial of the beer victoria
And come from Mexicas culture
Thats Aztec myth but most Mexicans dont really know it.
We are majority raised catholic and for the most part we share the same simplistic ideas of afterlife as the north.
Heaven is blue, cloudy and shiny and Hell is red, hot and dark, and we joke about the light at the tunnel and your life history flashing trough your eyes.
I'm mexican American and lived in Mexico for most of my teenage years and tbh? Of course we are sad when someone passes away but in my family at least, remembering them is super important. Altars, festivals, are just louder more passionate ways to express how much we love and miss them!
Although, it was always stressed, *never be afraid of death!* It will come for you whether you are young or old, sick or healthy, rich or poor. We all die and it's important to not fear it, but to embrace life now while you can live it!
Finally a Mexican thing wiiii, I saw the video n yeah, every year we sit n remember all the good memories we have with our love ones that passed away, always eating a bread called pan de muerto. In the night we dress as skulls n have a party to celebrate the good moments in the name of our love ones that we don't have in earth anymore.
I liked to learn the Korean way as well, is very interesting how everyone have what they kinda deserve but I was a bit scared of it hahha 🥺 I like when chacha n mj react they're very cool 💗
Before Buddhism came to Korea, we used to celebrate when somebody died bc it meant they were finally at peace, and it was like a graduation party of completing life. We wore white clothes and danced fiercely to celebrate and help send the spirit to heaven. But this was a couple thousand years ago, before Chinese armies invaded Korea and brought their religions like Buddhism
@@purplerainbow1995 which is interesting because some Chinese families celebrate something similar to dia de los muertos where we go to the graves and have a picnic with our deceased loved ones
@@jenlc1536 I'm speaking more about when the person dies... but I don't think that culture is unique to ancient koreans or non-existent in Chinese culture. Sorry if it seemed that way. Before the world got extremely violent a couple thousand years ago, I think all of our ancestors regarded death similarly. I was only mentioning the timeline of when that culture existed for Koreans.
In Mexico most of the population is catholic or believe in some form of christianity so they do believe the in concept of heaven for “the pure” and hell for “the sinners” being the afterlife but then again everyones concept of the afterlife (if you believe in one) is different.
Yeah, most people are Catholic and probably believe in hell for bad people and heaven for good people but it’s all away important to remember that being part of a religion (specially a widespread one) doesn’t mean the adherents actually believe a strict view of the church’s doctrine. Like how believe in Santa varies a lot form child to child, and region to region.
For example, some people in Mexico who are every into dia de los muertos say that only people who went to heaven get to come back and visit. So it’s Catholic but not all Catholics are the same. Some say dia de los muertos is a pagan insult against God or a declining tradition
They are only catholic to hide their gods and goddesses behind the image of those saints. I am Puerto Rican it is almost the same for us too. There may be a lot of mexicans who are truly catholic but back in the day it was only because they were being colonized by spain (thanks the that bastard christopher columbus) and had to his the gods and goddesses they worship being the catholic images. Fun fact before this spain was colonized too that's why they are catholic or christian.
Honestly I was waiting for them to do a Mexican culture video as a Mexican girl I'm very happy🤭🤭🇲🇽🇲🇽
i'm not really sure of the use of Disney and a parade based on a scene from James Bond to depict the way we see death here in Mexico, ik Coco is cute and all but, i was kinda expecting when i saw the title that they would use footage related with the graveyards in Michoacan or somenthing similar, also more on the prehispanic side, just like they did with the buddhist side of death. I get that Coco is the more known work but idk, maybe a bit more research would be fine?
They're using current views for both cultures. Before Buddhism came to Korea from Chinese invasions a couple thousand years ago, Koreans celebrated death because it was like a graduation ceremony of "life." They sang and danced fiercely, helping the spirit transition to heaven. But then wars started and people died in inhumane ways, and death became sad. Now funerals are becoming more and more like western funerals.
i agree that showing traditions like in Michoacan would bee more accurate but i also believe that coco is a good example in a way,
@@purplerainbow1995 Sadly sounds like what happened with the day of the dead when the Spanish invaded. It wasn't a day but a longer celebration.
@@purplerainbow1995 Mexico has a mixture of religions, like Catholicism in which they believe in Heaven and Hell. I wouldn't say the movie Coco is a representation of "current views" on afterlife from Mexico. The movie is seemingly only based on the holiday, a tradition among most Mexicans (not all), that celebrates the dead.
@@orangepeachbb3849 true, that makes sense, SK is mixed too now. In 1900, almost everyone practiced Buddhism or Confucianism and only 1% were Christian from European missionaries. Today, 57% have no religion, 20% Protestant, 16% Buddhist, 8% Catholic, and other marginal religions. Most Korean Christians and Catholics most likely oppose these beliefs. But also, I don't think all Buddhists believe what was in the video either. Can any Korean Buddhists confirm? I've been exposed to a lot of Buddhism with family and friends and have never heard of these hells 😄
Also you should’ve mentioned a thing that we do called Altares where we give offerings to the people who have passed away, it’s where we put the food that they used to like, activities and other things. When they come to visit, they’ll know that the people still believe in them.
us Koreans also have altars and offerings for the dead, but unlike the ones in Mexico, the process is a lot more solemn and stricter and people may not do it depending on their religion (for instance, most Protestants in Korea don’t do those altars since they think it’s against their religious philosophy). Anyways, as a Korean who is living in Mexico, I’m so glad that they made a video about difference between those two cultures :)
@@yujin5437 that’s cool, i didn’t know that, and i’m also glad that they did a video including Mexican culture🥺
I've never heard of or witnessed such a thing. Is it a regional thing? By the way, I am of Mexican ancestry and have visited there.
@@barrettokarate it’s literally the whole process of el día de los muertos🧍🏻♀️
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I love to see positive videos about my country ❤️
@@yemiprotector868 Jajajajaja yo también, casi casi puedo decir que me he visto todos los que me he encontrado lol.
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Mi gente is not from Mexico is from Colombia
@@samsalada Yeah I know, however I was referring it towards me being idetified in this video bc it is a tradition I'm proud about, as well that I haven't seen a single video in this channel in which they've something that is not related to the U.S. as a western thing. Also I was referring it to as whatever you call people from the same place as you like I don't know, panas? weyes? Mis personas? weones? Boludos? Yo que sé? It was to relate, I wasn't even thinking about that song in the first place, like i said and i repeat, i did it bc I relate to it
I'm Hispanic, I was born in Puebla and I'm currently living in Aguascalientes. I think I'm speaking for every Hispanic when I say that Day of the death is very important to us, because for us is the one night a year our passed loved ones can come and visit us again. And I absolutely love that people with other cultures are learning about this 😩👏🏽💖
Que onda, yo soy de Aguas! 💕
*i actually think coco is a good example of our culture (in a very romanticized way), it would have been nice if they saw a picture of people celebrating 'Dia de los Muertos' (day of the death) in* *Michoacan, it's so beautiful.*
just a little thing, it is called just "Dia de Muertos", "dia de LOS muertos" is the wrong US American way of saying it.
Thank you for introducing me to Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds! What an absolutely incredible movie! I watched it all and loved every second. It's very easy to get invested in!
I’m half Korean and half Mexican I know more of my Mexican side because I basically lived in Mexico since I was a baby but day of the dead or día de Los muertos we celebrate their life we are not sad we show them we remember them and that they have people that love them which is so beautiful
Have you ever been to Monterrey or Mexico City or Yucatan? They have long established Korean communities. Monterrey in particular.
I love seeing them have a positive view on Mexican culture. I’m Mexican born and raised in New Mexico, though even if we moved to texas, the culture stayed within us. Dia de los Muertos is such a beautiful thing to do, remembering or passed loved ones, it’s honestly such a beauty.
omg when they mentioned one piece I started laughing my ass off
Mexican culture is honestly so beautiful I would love to see one of their festivals in real life one day!
Pls do a video where Koreans react to latino music. such as bandas, reggaeton, cumbias etc. btw me encanto este video ❤️❤️🇲🇽
Como mexicana me enorgullece mucho mi cultura, gracias por mostrar un poco de ella
koreans are so cool, love too you guys! from the CDMX
I really love being Mexican after seeing this it makes me happy and feel like our culture is noticed❤️❤️
On the Day of the Death, (or their anniversary of passing )
we also cook their favorite meals and put fruits, bread, and drinks so they can take it back with them. If they are children we place candy and toys on the decorated tables (Ofrenda) . We spend time in the cementery it's really beautiful and colorful.
The Ten Courts of Buddhism sounds crazy, especially with the not able to give birth issue. Even though I’m sure with medical technology these days can be corrected, but no one should be punished for not wanting to correct that..
It reminded me of Dantes Inferno
As a Buddhist I was really surprised to hear that, 😂 I do not believe that sentence maybe bcs I follow Theravada Buddhism not Mahayana, what I know is that not everybody goes to hell and going to heaven is damn hard😂, not giving birth is not a crime, I don’t know who created it that way, so if there was a female monk, who lives in a temple and doesn’t give birth, it doesn’t sound right that she goes to hell, I believe that we born again and die again like a cycle, and we pay for our sins in the lives we born, getting killed or murdered, some are tortured and raped, living as a poor or starving, being born as a animals or insects or not having one of the six senses, appearance problems. I think people who experience this have committed some sins in the past lives. Like a girl who is getting bullied in this life might have bullied someone in her past life, that’s what I think, nobody has to agree with me tho. Life is so hard bro, whatever 😂
But I respect that every religion and culture is different and beautiful in their own way, there must be a reason to say that not giving birth is a crime, I’m not disrespecting that sentence I’m just saying my opinion, I hope someone doesn’t misunderstand me😂👍
Edit: and according to Theravada Buddhism people go to hell for serious crimes like killing or murdering innocent people or having dark thoughts of those kind of incidents and there is a saying that if we suicide it’s hard to get a human life back. Just saying.. 😄
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As a Mexican it makes me cry when I see someone speak of my culture so beautifully 🙏💖 thank you
the mexican one is like in the Philippines but we just celebrate at the graveyard and even have sleepovers there to remind our lost loved ones that we’re still here and we haven’t forgotten about you.
Oh my god we are so similiar us mexicans also do that in the day of the dead
If that is true, since Mexico and the Philippines share history because we were close countries in several commercial treaties in Manila, as well as there was miscegenation between Mexicans and Filipinos. We exchange a lot of culture 💜I hope this article can be translated into English, it is very interesting since they mention the history between Mexico and the Philippines www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/mexico-y-filipinas-dos-paises-que-se-parecen-mucho.html
No lo sé Rick mi distintivo inglés básico no me ayudó, pero me entretuve :)), gracias por reaccionar a México, a mi también me gusta la cultura coreana
As a Mexican girl this video made me very happy 😊 I feel seen 🇲🇽
As a Mexican, originally from Veracruz, I am proud to know our culture and customs. Here we see death as another extension of life, and every year we celebrate it to remember and celebrate those who advanced us.
They should raise content reacting to the culture of Mexico which is very varied depending on the state in which you are🥳🤩
i love how nobody is talking about koreas afterlife cause as an asian i can say that our way of afterlife is very creative and terrifying 😂, like ypu could just breath the wrong way and boom its eternal hell for you
I like the celtic afterlife, when you die, your soul just get yeeted into something else, if you were a druid, you became a tree, if you were a warrior you became a wolf or something, if you were a hunter you became a rabbit or something, basicaly you became what was related with you profesion, it was a way to present respect about nature and creation, after all you will become nature when you die, so might as well take care of it (If you did something awful, like mureder, the druids would sever your bound to nature, for druids it was represented by cutting the tree the druid who commited the crime was going to reincarnate in, etc)
What happens to animals and trees when they die?
@@laylabasai6197 Dunno, celtic religion in my county is really fragmented, I suppose they just keep reincarnating or something
Please do more videos about Mexico. I rarely see any foreigners react to Mexico! 🇲🇽
yes! they should react to other latin american cultures as well :D
Omg what was that first korean movie that they were watching about hell and heaven. Plz tell me
I'm Mexican and I love Korean culture, so happy to see this!😄
They must be doing something right with their videos cause i'm never this early 😩
*In my state(in mexico) when it's Dia de muertos we often greet people by saying "buen viaje" ("Good journeys" which in this case we mean as in when you die, may your journey to the afterlife be good, there's so many layers to the Mexican after life I could write an entire essay, but we celebrate death just as much as we celebrate life, it is a journey for the spirit, 9 levels you must walk all good people and bad people, and depending one the choices you made in life, either your journey is good or bad, and it's your spirit animal the one that guides you there (like dante to miguel, pepita to mama imelda) I love the representation there. Thank you for taking the time to see this movie*
Hola soy Mexicano y me enorgullece mi cultura peeero...
Actually, the culture where the "day of the dead" comes from had its underworld called the "mictlan" where you went through 7 levels of torment in order to reach the god of death and become one with everything, the day of the dead is for the living to remember their loved ones, but that and the underworld of our culture Christian is different
I have mixed emotions about them having coco as a way to represent his because I personally think that coco became very Americanized in some ways. But again that is my opinion and it can change. (I am Mexican am I have lived here my whole life)
Yesssss, my mexican heart is so happy!
Habría sido más acertado que pusieran algo sobre el "mictlan", De hecho hay un comercial de una cerveza mexicana que se llama "Victoria" que lo explica súper bien, lo que el Día de Muertos representa realmente para México. 🇲🇽
As a mexican I can say this is true. Although there’s also the believe of heaven and hell for catholic and christians (depending on the religion) but we all like the thought of our loved ones visiting us and we celebrate them and remember them with love. As they said, no one really never dies if you remember them and think about them.
I remember a couple back in high school, a Mexican boy and an half Vietnamese and half Korean girl. Many classmates found their relationship cringe (to some extent it kind of was) but it was also heartwarming how long they’ve been together.
Since freshman year, I’ve only ever saw them together, fast forward 5 years after graduation, they’re still together.
Kind of a random comment but this video reminded me of them.
Mexico after life looks so beautiful ❤️
I'm pretty proud of how my culture handles death. Although we do mourn the people who have passed on, Dia de Muertos is a day to remember and celebrate the life that our friends and family lived. We present them offerings of things that they liked in life so that they can have them in the afterlife. That's why cemeteries on Dia de Muertos are lit up and full of people and music.
The video did great in pointing out the differences countries/religions can have about "Death". As a disclaimer Mexico's culture surrounding that subject is either spiritual, religious, or a bit of both(both is more common). Mexican culture can be conservative as most of Mexico practices some form of Christianity. With that a lot of judgment can be given to those that have passed. Or spiritual, having shrines with photos of loved ones. The shrines are surrounded with candles of different saints, herbs, and things that resemble/belonged to the person they are remembering. Lastly the beautiful holiday of Dia De Los Muertos (Oct. 28-Nov. 2). Family/Friends going to the graveyards to celebrate and honor passed loved ones with food, drinks, and flowers. It's more than the movie "Coco" (which is a great movie btw).
In the philippines we have similar traditional that is " all souls day" we celebrate to remember our ancestors and love one's that died and for to honor them we bring foods flower and candles
I love Coco and since im from mexico the Dia de muertos is an Iconic celebration at my school and family, when I was 5yo I always wanted to be in that place like the one on coco when I die and I hope my dear Abuelita Shello is there with my Tio
R.I.P
You should use the Victoria comercial like afterlife in Mexico. The Mictlan or Xibalba.
I went to a town in Guerrero, MX with my abuela in 2019 and we were there for a month bc of the ritual she does. It’s not really a celebration but it is a memorial service. the first few days we got there, we clean her sister house (since it’s her first time doing it for her sister since she passed in January that same year) then we made a alter for her sister by making bread and giving her flower and every day we will do a prayer around 3/4pm and once the prayer is finish we end it off with fireworks and have people drinking a shot glads of rompope. Once november 1 and 2 comes around we celebrate for the kids that passed away.on the 2nd that when we take the flower that were in the alter and bring it to their burial site and clean their area. come back and say the last ceremony prayer and then we start the “party” on the 2nd and this is where people from out of town comes back to pay their respect and eat food and bc it was a small town where everyone knew everyone, they know whos their first celebration when it comes to the day of the dead.
When someone die we feel sad, we still choose to remember them and keep them in our minds. We even offer them food for them to eat. For me I feel happy emotional and connected to family members, I hope they’re doing great :)
7:20 Us mexicans, in a weird way, make fun at the fact of death. Where most cultures see it as solemn and grim, mexicans see it as just another stage of life.
Which is why when Day of the Dead comes around, it seems to be more of a family reunion with the beloved departed rather than pragmatic ceremony or memorial services.
This juxtaposition between the cultures' vision of death is what makes Mexico's unique, where one culture would see Death as something of reverance and deep respect, Mexico just casually hugs it out and invites out for drinks
No one is truly dead if you keep remembering them.
6:25 I was not expecting the One Piece quote!! 😂 ☠️ 🥰
(I can't remember which episode it's from, can someone help me out?)
MÉXICO! MÉXICO! estaba esperando a que reaccionaran a algo de México, i was waiting for them to react to something mexican, yeeeeih
I'm early and I didn't even realize😭 anyways who here is mexican 🖐
I’m Mexican 🤚🏽 💃🏽
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ty for showing our culture ily Korea
I just wanna know where I can find that movie tho 👀
I love all these anime reference they keep bringing up in every video I've seen. 😂 Hilarious
In the celebrations of the "day of the dead" it does not mean that we celebrate death, we celebrate the lives of people who are no longer with us, we make them an altar with their photographs, with their favorite things, foods, drinks. We put flowers, candles, music, everything so that our loved ones know that we still remember them and we hope that one day we will meet them again.
Love this video! Mexico has some really creepy urban legends you should look into. Really good stories to make sure all of the kids were on their best behavior!
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son so that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life (John 3 :16)
I've never been this early.
This is so touching, I rarley see viedos like these, about Mexico. Gracias♥️
Disney - Pixar did a great job with the english version.
Girls, you should watch 코코 again, but this time in the original (Mexican) Spanish version. It rocks.
i’m mexican and their reactions literally made me cry 🥺 thank you for doing this
It’s also a day to remember the rest of the family that’s gone and visit them leave flowers and just not forget them and pay for them miss Mexico so much 🇲🇽 🧡
Imagine a person who is unable to have kid since s/he was born.
Hell court: Even though you were born with it welcome to hell
I thought they were gonna show parts of the book of life cause damn THAT WAS THE BEST DAY OF THE DEAD MOVIE IVE WATCHED, But as a Hispanic girl that's never been to Mexico I think death is different for everyone
For us Mexicans, death is only another step in life, but we're still there, and the Day of the dead is to rejoin with those that have parted ways but they're still with us in our hearts and thoughts ❤
Can't get enough of these adorable and funny girls. Wish there were more videos for them reacting, maybe even longer ones reacting to movies and such.
As a Mexican I love that movie so much Idk why 😂 love south Korea 🇰🇷
🇲🇽♥️🇰🇷
yup one piece does have some memorable quotes doesn't it.
*So glad they showed them Coco.* 😊🇲🇽
Being a Mexican, who celebrates every Day of the Dead, we often portray death as not being absolute, because we will live on through the memories left behind with our families. We are only truly dead when we are forgotten or there is nobody left to remember us.
Finally something about Mexico!
I loved the video a lot!
I can’t wait to see more Mexico related content! 🇲🇽🇰🇷💜
In Mexico the point is that the dead person can be happy in both sides, visiting his loved ones and in the land of the dead "Mictlán" so in day of the dead we give them a party in their honor and for all the dead ones who are lost.
I'm Mexican n Cuban I luv Asians Chinese n Japanese beautiful people
I feel that the book of life movie shows it better for the forgotten part
As a mexican, death is highly connected to spirituality and is viewed as theyre "rejoining" (for those who believe in religion) their lord and will live in peace and happiness
Mexicans do not wish for their family to be sad when they die so Dia de Muertos allow their lives to be celebrated instead of mourned. We like to cherish the happy moments they gave us with them and keep their memories alive for the next generation so they can be connected together ❤️
Cool video. An idea for another (related) video could be funeral differences between religions? Like the Buddhist funerals (idk just throwing it out there because they used it for the video), an Irish wake, New Orleans second line, etc.?
As a Latina of Mexican descent, thank you for highlighting such a a beautiful part of our culture. 💕
Mexican cosmologic vision about afterlife is greater than COCO, you should have researched about the journey of souls through the 9 regions of hell to Mictlán and the importance of Xoloitzcuintle (hairless dog) and why those characters doesn't have flesh but bones. It's such a beautiful and intricate tradition to worship and remember our dead love ones! My heart always feels so full of proud and love whenever I read those stories.
I absolutely love my culture!
In my family we usually bring a band to the funeral. We celebrate their lives and mourn as well. Its bittersweet. 🇲🇽
also, at funerals, in mexican culture it is common for us to sing to the person who has passed. this normally happens especially if the person who passed requested a specific song to be sung by their friends and family members. im sure not everyone does this but this is what i’ve seen fellow mexicans do as well.
I liked the video overall but I have some facts to add since I believe the information given wasn’t the best when it comes to Day of the Dead:
•the movie Coco is a good representation of the holiday but it isn’t representative enough since our celebration has a deep meaning and it has many elements to it, you can’t just base yourself from the movie you should investigate further
•The Day of the Dead originated in the prehispanic era, when our indigenous civilizations such as the mexicas, mayas, olmecas, zapotecos, toltecos, etc paid tribute to death which took place on the last week of October and the fist days of November
•These civilization had different interpretations of death, the mexicas believed that you had to travel though 9 regions/levels of the underworld (The Mictlan) In which they overcame obstacles represented by Alebrijes (spiritual guides) and went through process of “detachment from their bodies and emotions” for 4 years until they reached peace
•We don’t just celebrate like the image of the festival/parade of the picture which is in Mexico City, we make “altares” the fundamental element in the Day of the Dead in honor of those family members, friends, idols,...that we loved so that we can remember them fully that day, we don’t just celebrate death we just understand it and respect it so much that we use that day to celebrate since we believe that the spirits of those who passed away will come visit us, we pray and visit the pantheons where people sometimes spend the entire day besides the graves of the loved ones.
•Just by learning the altars have meaning in terms of what we believe of the steps until after life since it represents the view of the prehispanic civilizations fused together with the catholic religion:
•The basic levels of the altar are the “Heaven/Sky” and the “Earth”, the levels vary since it can reach to 7 levels in total, each level is a step to getting to THE MICTLAN (the place of eternal rest)
•The offerings placed on the altar attract the spirits to facilitate the trip from Mictlán to the homes of their relatives to enjoy a night of partying/remembering
•We add flowers of Cempasúchil which represents the sun, that is why they used it to create paths and guide their loved ones to the altars, and many other flowers
•we also make Bread of the Dead which is a typical bread
The offerings of each step and meaning:
1.First floor: image of the saint of whom one is a devotee.
2.Second floor: image of the souls.
3.Third floor: salt (purifies) or mirror so the soul can see themselves or transport
4. Fourth floor: image of the main character. 5.Fifth floor: favorite food of the guests of the world of the dead, when it’s children they add their toys or candies (sugar skulls)
6.Sixth floor: photography and portraits of the deceased.
7. Seventh floor: cross formed by seeds or fruits.
The most representative Day of the Dead is celebrated in Patzcuaro, Michoacán, in this place people believe that the monarch butterflies that arrive in that time of the year specially in the Day of the Dead are the spirits of their loved ones arriving to visit them that day. The Day of the dead parade/festival is really cool and represents many traditions and parts of our culture but it is mainly just an attraction for the tourists
Hope to whoever reads this gets more understanding of the whole tradition and wants to investigate a little more since I couldn’t Include everything into the text 💖💖💖💖 thanks for making the video i got to understand more of the Korean view it’s really interesting I just wanted to clarify the whole view of my tradition into this coming from a Mexican herself 🇲🇽✨
I would have liked them to show something besides disney/pixar CoCo and instead a documentary or something more explanatory about the origins and Aztec culture.
Growing up buddhist, i swear the buddhist depictions of hell be too creative and specific. Whole ass cooking mama recipes istg 😭😭😭
Interestingly, in Nahuatl tradition there is a special paradise for people who died honorably (as warriors), including women who died in childbirth.
I just realized people doesn't like "Day of the dead" and have a true respect for the Mexican culture, they only see Mexicans as "Coco" and that's it 😪
ok and? a lot of mexicans only see koreans as kpop and could care less about their culture. let's not act above anybody here.
and also they're not exactly talking about the entirety of mexican culture this video is LITERALLY about the afterlife
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You completely missed the point lmao, -an unbiased Korean/Mexican
As Mexican this is kinda inacurated.🧡 The day of the death is celebrated November 1- its a mixture of Spanish Catholicism idiosyncrasies (because we were conquered by them) and our prehispanic Nahuatl culture, where we celebrated parties with candles, food, incience to lead our dead people to Mictlan one afterplace that also has 9 levels. And was created by a group of gods called Quetzalcoatl, Texcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli where they used their fluids to created it, to give bones a new beginning. ✌🏻Hahaha ok im off 😂
I’m a bit sad that they didn’t show the altares, they are really beautiful:(
Altares?
In mexico when is the day of the dead we make an altar with the picture of our lost one, their favorite item, food, clothes and they actually come to eat and play. You can ask ANY mexican and they will say is truth because the next day we sometimes eat the food or the drinks and they have any flavor at all, they taste like nothing. And that makes us do happy because it means they still with us.
I'm so happy to be mexican and have a lot of culture to be proud of, thank you for making this video🤍🤍🤍
As a Mexican This makes me feel proud😄
If you want to know the name of the movies they are called "Along with the gods" and "Coco"