Tsiku la Akufa ndi tchuthi lofunika la ku Mexico lomwe limakondwerera ndi kulemekeza okondedwa awo omwe anamwalira. Ku Mexico, chikondwererocho chimachitika kuyambira pa October 31 mpaka pa 2 Novemba, mogwirizana ndi masiku a Pasaka a Katolika ndi Oyera Mtima onse, koma chiyambi cha chikondwererocho chimachokera mu kuphatikiza zikhulupiriro za chikhalidwe ndi ziphunzitso za Chikatolika. M'kupita kwa nthawi zakhala zikusintha, ndikuwonjezera malingaliro ndi machitidwe atsopano, potsirizira pake kuchoka pachiyambi kupita kusintha ku mapwando a Mexican omwe amakondwerera lero monga Día de Muertos kapena Hanal Pixan m'dera la Maya.
Zikhulupiriro Zowonongeka Zokhudza Imfa
Panali mafuko ambiri omwe amakhala ku Mesoamerica nthawi zakale, monga akadali lero. Magulu osiyana anali ndi miyambo yosiyana, komabe anali ndi zinthu zambiri zofanana. Chikhulupiriro chakuti munthu akafa pambuyo pake chinali chofala kwambiri ndipo chinachitika zaka zoposa 3500 zapitazo. Pa malo ambiri ofukula mabwinja ku Mexico, njira yabwino kwambiri imene anthu anaikidwirako amasonyeza umboni wa chikhulupiriro cha moyo wam'mbuyo, komanso kuti manda amamangidwa pansi pa nyumba, kutanthauza kuti okondedwa awo amasiye adzakhalabe pafupi ndi a m'banja lawo.
Aztecs amakhulupirira kuti pali ndege zingapo za moyo zomwe zinali zosiyana koma zogwirizana ndi zomwe timakhala. Iwo ankaganiza kuti dziko liri ndi 13 padziko lapansi kapena zigawo za kumwamba pamwamba pa malo apansi, ndi asanu ndi anai pansi. Mmodzi mwa magawowa anali ndi makhalidwe ake komanso milungu ina yomwe inawalamulira.
Munthu wina akafa, amakhulupirira kuti malo omwe moyo wawo udzapitako umadalira momwe iwo amwalira. Amuna omwe anamwalira pankhondo, akazi omwe anamwalira panthawi ya kubadwa, ndi omwe anaphedwa kuti apereke nsembe ankaonedwa kuti ndiwo amphaŵi, chifukwa adzalandire mphoto pokhala ndi moyo wapamwamba m'tsogolo.
Aaztec anali ndi chikondwerero cha mwezi umodzi pomwe makolowo ankalemekezedwa ndipo anapereka nsembe kwa iwo. Mwambo umenewu unachitikira mwezi wa August ndipo unapembedzedwa kwa Ambuye ndi mayi wa dziko lapansi, Mictlantecuhtli ndi mkazi wake Mictlancíhuatl.
Mphamvu ya Chikatolika
Pamene Aspaniya anafika m'zaka za zana lachisanu ndi chimodzi mphambu zisanu ndi chimodzi, adayambitsa chikhulupiriro cha Akatolika kwa amwenye a ku Mesoamerica ndipo adayesa kuchotsa chipembedzo chawo. Iwo anali opambana okha, ndipo ziphunzitso za Katolika zinagwirizana ndi zikhulupiriro za chikhalidwe kuti apange miyambo yatsopano. Chikondwerero chokhudzana ndi imfa komanso kukondwerera mizimu ya makolowo chinasunthidwa kuti zigwirizane ndi maholide a Katolika a Tsiku Lonse la Oyera (November 1st) ndi Tsiku Lonse la Miyoyo (November 2), ndipo ngakhale kuti likutengedwa kuti ndilo tchuthi la Katolika, Zikondwerero za ku Spain.
Imfa Yosautsa
Zithunzi zambiri zomwe zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi Tsiku la Akufa zikuwoneka kuti zikuseka imfa. Mafupa osewera, zigawenga zokongoletsedwa, ndi makokosi a chidole ali otchuka. Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913) anali wojambula zithunzi ndi zojambula zojambula kuchokera ku Aguascalientes amene anachotsa imfa mwa kufotokoza zigoba zobvala zochita zochitika tsiku ndi tsiku. Panthawi ya pulezidenti Porfirio Diaz, Posada adalankhula zachipongwe poseketsa apolisi ndi olamulira - makamaka Diaz ndi mkazi wake.
Anapanga chikhalidwe cha La Catrina, mafupa ovala bwino, omwe akhala chizindikiro chimodzi cha Tsiku la Akufa.
Tsiku la Akufa Lero
Zikondwerero zimasiyanasiyana kuchokera pamalo ndi malo. Ena mwa tsiku labwino kwambiri la anthu omwe adafa ndi awa Oaxaca, Patzcuaro ndi Janitzio ku Michoacan, ndi Mixquic, pamphepete mwa Mexico City. Tsiku la Akufa ndi chizoloŵezi chosinthika, ndipo Mexico pafupi ndi United States yakhala ikuthandizira kuti pakhale pakati pa Halloween ndi Tsiku la Akufa. Ana amavala zovala, ndipo mu Mexico njira yonyenga-yonyenga, pitani ku pedir Muertos (funsani akufa). M'malo ena, mmalo mwa maswiti, iwo adzapatsidwa zinthu tsiku lachiwiri Tsiku la guwa lakufa.
Mosiyana ndi zimenezi, ku United States, anthu ambiri akukondwerera Tsiku la Akufa, kutenga mpata wolemekeza ndi kuwakumbukira okondedwa awo omwe anamwalira mwa kupanga maguwa ndi kuchita nawo tsiku lina la zikondwerero zakufa.
Phunzirani mawu ena okhudzana ndi Tsiku la Akufa .