For this next episode from “The Hair-Covered Hand” I am going to be talking about one of the oldest Mexican traditions, that has been around since the Aztecs used to rule the country, a tradition that started roughly 3,000 years ago. For those who have little knowledge on how the tradition is celebrated, it is believed that for one night, on November 2nd, the spirits of those who have passed are allowed to return from the afterworld to visit their families one more time, people put up altars with food, pictures and things that those relatives might have liked when they were still around. However, it is also an opportunity for evil spirits to roam around and “be free” among the living. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this blog, I am going to be discussing an event that happened to a lady named Nancy, in Acapulco, Mexico. During this day, her family was at home celebrating late at night, since it is known that starting midnight, these spirits start appearing; everything went smoothly until around 5am, which was about the time they were getting to go to bed, suddenly, they all heard a noise but paid no attention to it. A couple of minutes passed after she was already covered in bed, when she suddenly felt like someone had sat down right next to her, but she was too afraid to look at who it was, then her daughter and her sister-in-law told her that they had seen her dad sitting right next to her, but that it was too clear, his facial features and everything, but that the old man only stared at them. Incredible enough, her father had passed nine years before the events, so they were all pretty shocked at the situation. Although they were afraid, they felt a type of happiness since they were happy to have seen the father once again, and for the rest of the day, they all felt a familiar presence still wandering around. Which might have been just the illusion of “having seeing something”, or the actual spirit of the father that came back to celebrate with his family for a day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know a lot of people that do not believe in spirits and the whole living in a supernatural world after dying, but I also know people that do not miss to put up their altars and ofrendas<\/i> for their families during this day, but I must say that this is a tradition that really represents Mexican culture, and it should be preserved and passed on for generations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The podcast uses sound effects in the background and traditional music that keeps you entertained and focused on the story of the person interviewed, it captures the intensity of the events that unfolded. Mr. Saenz keeps the story going by asking Nancy questions about how she felt at the moment and links her experience to those that other people might have had before. The fact that this tradition is celebrated throughout Mexico and some other countries in the continent, it is right to believe that many people have had experiences like this before, on this occasion it was not a bad one, yet I believe many had some pretty spooky experiences during the Day of the Dead. This podcast is both a narration and an interview. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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