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2. Day of the Dead - Wikipedia

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   The Brazilian public holiday of Dia de Finados, Dia dos Mortos or Dia dos Fiéis Defuntos (Portuguese: "Day of the Dead" or "Day of the Faithful Deceased") is celebrated on November 2. Similar to other Day of the Dead celebrations, people go to cemeteries and churches with flowers and candles and offer prayers. The celebration is intended as a ...

3. What is Day of the Dead? Ultimate guide to traditions, dates ...

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   The holiday begins on the evening of Oct. 31 and continues through Nov. 2. These dates coincide with the Catholic holidays of All Saints' Day (Nov. 1) and All Souls' Day (Nov. 2).

4. Festival of the Dead - Wikipedia

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   In Europe, historians have thought the three- day festival of the dead is a ritualistic remembrance of the deluge in which Halloween the first night is depicting the wickedness of the world before the flood. The second night is spent celebrating the saved who survived the deluge and the last night is meant as an honoring to those who would ...

5. Dziady - Wikipedia

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   In the context of the pagan holiday of the dead, the most popular name is "dziady". The word "dziad" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *dědъ (pl. *dědi) meaning primarily "father of the father, father of the mother", "an old man with an honorable position in the family", "ancestor" and "old man".

6. Dia de los Muertos: How Day of the Dead allows people to ...

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   Family members tend to the grave of a relative in preparations for the Day of the Dead celebrations, at the Valle de Chalco municipal cemetery on the outskirts of Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021.

7. Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, All Saints' Day ... - AOL

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   The Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday, also marked in some areas of the United States, held on Nov. 1 and 2. During those two days, the spirits are believed to return home and spend time with ...

8. Calavera - Wikipedia

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   Catrina is the most famous figure associated with the Day of the Dead. [4] [9] During Day of the Dead, skulls and skeletons are created from many materials such as wood, sugar paste, nuts, chocolate, etc. [9] When sugar skulls are purchased or given as gifts, the name of the deceased is often written with icing across the forehead of the skull ...

9. How To Celebrate Día de Los Muertos—Plus, the 9 Biggest Day ...

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   Different parts of Mexico also celebrate it on Oct. 31 and go as long as Nov. 6, but generally, Día de Los Muertos is observed on those two main dates. As we already mentioned, Day of the Dead is ...