![]() ![]() 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. 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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