Kermit the Frog coloring sheet- Halloween/El Dia de los Muertos

October 28, 2011 by 5 Comments

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El Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead), a Mexican celebration, is a day to celebrate, remember and prepare special foods in honor of those who have departed. On this day in Mexico, the streets near the cemeteries are filled with decorations of papel picado , flowers, candy calaveras (skeletons and skulls), and parades.
It is believed that the spirit of the dead visit their families on October 31 and leave on November 2.
In order to celebrate, the families make altars and place ofrendas (offerings) of food such as pan de muertos baked in shapes of skulls and figures, candles, incense, yellow marigolds known as cempazuchitl (also spelled zempasuchil) and most importantly a photo of the departed soul is placed on the altar.

Death is laughed at in its face. Many euphemisms are used for death, La calaca (the skeleton), la pelona (“baldy”), la flaca (“skinny”), and la huesada (“bony”). There are refranes, sayings, and poems that are popular with day of the dead. These sayings are cliches and lose meaning when translated. For example “La muerte es flaca y no puede conmigo” means “Death is skinny/weak and she can’t carry me.” Calaveras (skulls) are decorated with bright colors with the name of the departed inscribed on the head. Children carrying yellow marigolds enjoy the processions to the cemetery. At the cemetery, music is played and dances are made to honor the spirits.
Have fun coloring!

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  1. abby k says
    October 31, 2011 at 9:58 am

    never knew kermie had teeth

  2. MrsHillyG says
    October 29, 2011 at 1:50 am

    Is it sad that I want to print this and color it on my own? I LOVE the Muppets!!

    I’m a new follower! I hope you’ll come by thenewglasers.com and say HI!

  3. Closer to Lucy says
    October 28, 2011 at 6:08 pm

    We’re gonne print and see if Kermit won’t be so scary with a bit of color 🙂

  4. Pam says
    October 28, 2011 at 5:04 pm

    I certainly wish I were in Mexico right now. Strangely I never thought about Kermit and El Dia de los Muertos befre.

  5. Crystal says
    October 28, 2011 at 3:03 pm

    Hmm, that is very interesting. Although Kermit is scaring me a bit LOL

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