Whether the festival has indigenous pre-Hispanic roots, is a more contemporary adaption of an existing European tradition, or is a hybrid of the two as a sign of syncretism, opinions differ. Similar customs can be traced back to Medieval Europe, where All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day are celebrated on the same day in locations like Spain and Southern Europe. Although pre-Columbian Mexico had traditions honoring the dead, critics of the native American origin claim that current depictions of the festival have more in common with European traditions of Danse macabre and their allegories of life and death personified in the human skeleton to remind us of the ephemeral nature of life.
Opponents argue that, despite the obvious European influence, there is evidence of pre-Columbian celebrations that were very similar in spirit, with the Aztecs having at least six celebrations throughout the year that were very similar to Day of the Dead, the closest of which was Quecholli, a celebration honoring Mixcóatl (Aztec Mythology for war) that took place between October 20th and November 8th. The erection of altars with food (tamales) near the grave places of soldiers to aid them in their trip to the afterlife was part of this ceremony. As evidenced in the chapter "All Saints, Day of the Dead" of his 1950 book-length essay The Labyrinth of Solitude, influential Mexican poet and Nobel Prize laureate Octavio Paz strongly supported the syncretic view of the Da de Muertos tradition as a continuation of ancient Aztec festivals celebrating death.
Regardless of its origins, the festival has become a national emblem in Mexico and is taught as such in the country's schools, with native origins frequently asserted. It is also a national school holiday.
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