The day of the death is a Mexican celebration where death is actually seen as a natural and expected event. Death is satirized in this celebration and portrayed through figures, poetry and altars to be a joyful celebration. In most cultures death is seen as a sorrowful event and is perceived as a taboo. But in Mexico, every November 2nd the cities are covered with flowers, altars, and ornaments to represent death. I like this celebration because in a way it shows that death is part of life and it will be a part of our nursing career. We will be faced with death every instant in our practice. Sometimes death will come unexpectedly, and sometimes it will just be a matter of time before it arrives. I believe it will be our duty to give comfort to those patients that are expecting their death, and to make them believe that death is part of the cycle of life. I hope that we all see the life in every death situation, so that we can transfer that life into our patients.
Happy Nursing!
Picture from: http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01280/Mexico/mexicanhistory/Mexican_Customs.htm
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