Day of the Dead

thumb|300px|Rosita, Elmo, and Abby Cadabby sing "The Day of the Dead Song."
The Day of the Dead, or Día de (los) Muertos in Spanish, is a holiday held on the 1st and 2nd of November on which family and friends remember and celebrate loved ones who have died. The holiday originated in Mexico and is widely observed by people of Mexican heritage, even those who live in other countries.
Rosita is shown to celebrate the holiday in a Sesame Street web video for the show's Coming Together initiative, released in October 2021. She explains the holiday to Elmo and Abby Cadabby and shows them an altar that includes photos and favorite foods of her grandfather Paco and great-grandmother Mama Meche. They then sing a lively song about the holiday.
On November 1, 2023, the Twitter accounts of several Sesame Street characters were used to honor the day. Rosita started it by tweeting about the Dia de Muertos tradition and particularly the ofrenda (offering, usually including photos, flowers, and/or breads) placed on an altar in memory of "the loved ones who are no longer with us" and suggesting others share photos.@Rositasesame on Twitter. November 1, 2023. 8:05 AM. Plaza Sésamo friends responded first, with Lola supplying a marigold for the altar@LolaAventuras on Twitter. 9:15 AM. and Abelardo adding pan de muerto (a sweetbread) which his abuelita loved.@soy_abelardo on Twitter. 9:26 AM. Cookie Monster tweeted that he was bringing chocolate chip cookies, which his great-great-grandmother loved.@MeCookieMonster on Twitter. 9:36 AM. Several characters shared photos as tributes to Sesame Street cast members who had passed away, although only mentioning their character names. Elmo chose Luis (Emilio Delgado),@elmo on Twitter. 9:33 AM and Big Bird brought his drawing of "Mr. Looper" (Will Lee).@BigBird on Twitter. 9:38 AM Oscar the Grouch picked a photo of Bob (Bob McGrath) to remember "the only one to never try to cheer me up,"@OscarTheGrouch on Twitter. 9:40 AM and Rosita thanked everyone and shared an image of Mr. Handford (David L. Smyrl).@Rositasesame on Twitter. 9:42 AM.
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Category:Other Holidays