Los Muertos facts
While investigating facts about Los Muertos, I found out little known, but curios details like:
"Coco" was originally about a Mexican-American boy coping with the death of his mother, learning to let her go and move on with his life. As the movie developed, Pixar realized that this is the opposite of what Día de los Muertos is about.
In 2013 Disney tried to trademark the phrase, “Día de Los Muertos,” a Mexican holiday.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 9 of the best facts about Los Muertos I managed to collect.
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Disney while making Coco tried to trademark the phrase "Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)", a Mexican holiday for a centuries old sacred tradition. A trademark that also included applications pertaining to toys, cereals and jewelry.
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Disney attempted to trademark "Día de los Muertos" in 2013.
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Disney tried to trademark the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos in 2013.
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Mexico City's elaborate annual Dia de los Muertos parade exists because of the James Bond movie Spectre. The parade was made up for the movie, but the idea was so popular, the government decided to start doing it for real
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Disney attempted to trademark the phrase "Dia de los Muertos" (Day of the Dead) to sell merchandise for an as of yet unreleased Pixar film. After protests by the Latin American community they backed down... claiming it was because they decided to name the film "Coco" instead.
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"Dia de los Muertos" is a back-translation from English; in Mexico, it's called "Día de Muertos"
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Dia de los muertos (Day of the dead) is on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
