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  2. 'Death is just as beautiful as life:' What is Day of the Dead ...

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    Day of the Dead, or Dia De Los Muertos, is an annual holiday that honors the memory and life of deceased loved ones on Nov. 1 and 2.

  3. Roman festivals - Wikipedia

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    18: a dies ater ("black day," meaning a day of ill omen) marking the defeat of the Romans by the Gauls at the Battle of the Allia in 390 BC, leading to the sack of Rome by the Gauls; 19, 21: Lucaria; 20–30: Ludi Victoriae Caesaris, "Games of the Victorious Caesar", held annually from 45 BC [18]

  4. Dia De Los Muertos: How Day of the Dead keeps tradition ... - AOL

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    The origins of Day of the Dead date back to the peak of the Mayan empire in what is now present day Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, and southern Mexico.

  5. Día de los Muertos, 'La Música de Corrales Fiesta' and more ...

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    Day of the Dead Celebrate Día de los Muertos on the Santa Fe Plaza from 4 to 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, and noon to 10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2. Enjoy live entertainment, face painting, a screening of ...

  6. Zaduszki - Wikipedia

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    The annual celebration in the liturgical year of All Souls' day was standardized and put on 2 November by St. Odilo of Cluny by the end of the 10th century. In 1311, by the decision of the Holy See, All Souls' Day was introduced into the Roman Rite and the General Roman Calendar .

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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 ...

  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 ...