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The 12th Annual Symbolic Monarch Butterfly Migration began October 12th. We joined other students from across the United States and Canada to create thousands of paper butterflies that will "migrate" to Mexico for the winter. This year's flight will be timed to correspond with the real monarch's journey south. The paper butterflies will arrive in Mexico around the time of the Dia de los Muertos, just as the real monarchs do. According to Mexican legend, these returning butterflies are thought to carry the ancestors' souls and play a role in the Dia de los Muertos celebrations. Mexican students will watch over our butterflies--and return them next spring as the real monarchs journey north. Some of the butterflies will carry a special message from the Mexican students to the students here in the United States and Canada who make them.
We created and colored monarch butterflies on recycled paper. We then added a message in Spanish and our return address on the back of each butterfly. We also donated money to the Monarch Butterfly Santuary Foundation, http://www.mbsf.org/ For more details about the real monarch migration visit this site: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/sm/index.html