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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]
Christians in 4th-century Roman Edessa held this feast on 13 May. [12] [13] Later, on 13 May in 609 or 610, Pope Boniface IV re-consecrated the Pantheon of Rome to the Blessed Virgin and all the martyrs; the feast of that dedicatio Sanctae Mariae ad Martyres has been celebrated at Rome ever since and started the feast of All Saints' Day. [14]
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 ...
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.
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.
Day of the Dead, or also known as Día de Los Muertos, is a time for family and friends to remember and reunite with their late loved ones. The two-day celebration is not a somber holiday.
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 ...
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).