--- title: How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming and more — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming and more», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: All around the world people say goodbye to the dead and remember them, and the customs look very --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / How other people remember: Día de los… # How other people remember: Día de los Muertos, Qingming and more Lesson 65 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 16 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/0/) — All around the world people say goodbye to the dead and remember them, and the customs look very different: bright orange flowers and sugar skulls in Mexico, swept graves in China, a week at home for a Jewish family, three days of songs on a Māori marae, a funeral with no prayers for a humanist. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/2/) — Each custom comes with a hope or belief: Hindus believe the soul is reborn in a new body, Christians hope for resurrection, Muslims believe the soul goes to God and awaits the Day of Judgement, many Chinese families honour ancestors whatever their religion, and humanists believe this life is the one we know and should be celebrated. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/3/) — We can learn about a friend's customs with respect, ask what helps, and never laugh at them; our own family may do things differently, and that is fine. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/4/) — Asked what all these customs have in common, Ava's class finds the answer: almost every people remembers its dead, gathers together, often shares food, and shows love and respect in its own way. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/5/) — Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is celebrated in Mexico on 1 and 2 November to remember and celebrate loved ones who have died. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/6/) — It mixes Catholic All Saints' and All Souls' Days with older Indigenous Mexican traditions; families decorate graves with orange marigolds and make sugar skulls. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/7/) — An ofrenda is an altar with photos, candles, food and favourite things of the dead, offered as a sign of love and welcome; most families do not think the dead really eat it, though some believe the spirits enjoy its smell. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/8/) — Qingming, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, falls in early April; Chinese families clean their ancestors' graves and bring food and flowers. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/9/) — Some Chinese families burn special paper money and paper houses, a sign of caring for ancestors' needs in the next life; it is not real money. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/10/) — At a Hindu funeral the body is usually cremated; traditionally the eldest son leads the rites, though today daughters sometimes do too. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/11/) — Hindus believe in reincarnation: the soul is reborn in a new body until it is finally freed. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/12/) — Jewish families «sit shiva», a week of mourning at home, when friends visit with food and comfort; mourners say the Kaddish, a prayer praising God. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/13/) — Muslims usually bury their dead within a day if possible, as a sign of respect; the body is washed, wrapped in white cloth and laid facing Mecca. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/14/) — A tangihanga, or tangi, is a Māori funeral, often held on a marae (a Māori meeting place) over about three days; the body is not left alone, and people sing and give speeches. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/15/) — A humanist funeral has no prayers; a celebrant tells the story of the person's life and plays music they loved, and it is a real funeral. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/65-how-other-people-remember-dia-de-los-muertos-qingming-and-more/16/) — Almost every culture remembers its dead, gathers people together, often shares food, and shows love and respect in its own way. - ← previous: [Days of remembering: sorokovyny, memorial days, Remembrance Day and the poppy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/64-days-of-remembering-sorokovyny-remembrance-day-and-the-poppy/) - next →: [Grief: crying, not crying and feeling numb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/66-grief-crying-not-crying-and-feeling-numb/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)