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In a far away town called Guadalajara, 

Mexico, there lived a little sweet, fun and 

exciting girl named Sylvia.   Sylvia loved her 

town, but most of all, she loved the people 

there and the fun food, festivals and carnivals 

of her rich Mexican culture.

Sylvia and her family lived 

in a nice little village.  

Sylvia really enjoyed the 

fact that she lived with a 

large family, this was very 

exciting for Sylvia. 

Every morning Sylvia would awake to the 

sounds of her grandmother and mother 

making racket in the kitchen trying to prepare 

breakfast for the family.   By the time breakfast 

is was ready, Sylvia's grandfather, father and 

two little brothers would be headed back in the 

house from working with the cattle out in the 

fields.

One of the things that Sylvia like best about 

her village, is that she gets to go and shop for 

food with her mother.   Sylvia's family is big on 

their Mexican culture and traditions.   They eat 

all the traditional dishes such as, Enchilada, 

Quesadillas, Mole poblano, chalupas and and 

poblano.   Horchata is one of Slyvia's favorite 

drinks.

Sometimes Sylvia's mom let's her assist with 

making Sylvia's favorite meal, Tacos.

Sylvia and her family participate in all of their 

culture rich traditions and celebrations, but 

one of Sylvia's favorite celebrations and one 

that is celebrated around the world is El Dia De 

Los Muertos, which is the "Day of the Dead".  

El Dia De Los Muetos starts on October 31st  

with a preparation and the celebrations take 

place on Novemeber 1 and 2.   El Dia De Los 

Muetos is a time where the Mexican culture 

celebrates their love ones who have passed 

away.    

El Dia De Los Muetos consist of preparing food 

to take to the grave sites, with the belief that 

the spirits of the dead ancestors will take the 

things with them into their next life.   Family 

members also bring gifts for their ancestors to 

take with them as well.  

Sylvia loves to dress up and in preparation for 

the party. Sylvia gets to put on a very fancy 

dress and her prettiest shoes.   She even get to 

ware a special pair of her mom's pearls.  

Sylvia loves to see her grandparents put on 

their fancy clothes and she really gets excited 

to see them draped in their big jewels that 

make the room sparkly and bright.   Her 

parents wear these bright red costumes made 

our of the finest material with sequins and 

beads on them.   Sylvia also gets excited that 

she is allowed to help her brothers get dress in 

their nice suits; they like wearing hats on their 

heads just like their grandfather and father. 

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