But when it came time to create the Land of the Dead, the rules were much less defined. Official Description For the Land of the Living and Santa Cecilia, filmmakers were able to find inspiration in the vibrant towns they visited in Mexico. However, if the person who was alive chooses to remember them and passes down stories of who the spirit was to others, the spirit can continue to exist forever, for they shall still be remembered. The third type can be considered a "final death" for the spirit, for if they are no longer remembered, they can fade into oblivion through disappearing into light and dust. In fact, the realm works around three types of "deaths" that any spirit can go through: The first is the last breath the spirit takes when they were human the second is their own burial and the third is when the last person who remembers them dies or forgets about them. However, the spirit can add any conditions they desire to the blessing if the human breaks them after accepting the blessing, they instantly return to the Land of the Dead.ĭespite their nigh-eternal existence in the Land of the Dead, the spirits depend on the memories of the living to continue to exist. They will need the spirit of a family member (or at least, a spirit the person thinks of as family ) to bless a marigold petal to return them to the Land of the Living. If a human enters the Land of the Dead by disturbing or stealing something belonging to a deceased person during Día de Los Muertos, they gradually turn into a spirit and remain trapped in the realm if they can't leave by sunrise. For obvious reasons, restrooms do not exist in the Land of the Dead. In order to get back into the Land of the Dead however, spirits must present ethereal copies of the offerings from their family's ofrenda. As long as these souls have a picture of who they were in life on their family's ofrenda (altar), they can cross the bridge successfully. The spirit will reunite with their loved ones in the afterlife, but on Día de Los Muertos, those souls can cross over the bridges and return to the Land of the Living to see their living relatives once again. They also retain the status they had in life, thus there are spirits that are considered celebrities, while other spirits continue their former occupation.
Although, in death, the spirit will appear as the age when they died. Reflecting Mexican folklore, the souls of those departed come to the land when they die. The alebrije not only coexist with the humans of the afterlife, but also act as a guide for the ones who need them. The only beings that inhabit this world are human and animal spirits of the deceased (who have the appearance of "living" skeletons) and the animal-like alebrije. The structures in the city are actually buildings upon buildings of previous homes, as the world is constantly expanding to accommodate the new souls that enter.
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In its heart is a large city full of bright lights and colors, while bridges covered with marigold petals branch from the city for the dead to venture across. The Land of the Dead is a realm with complex dimensions occupying deep space.
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