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    Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated in Mexico and the Southwestern US that honors the dead. It is celebrated from October 28th to November 2nd, with each day dedicated to a different manner of death. Traditions include building altars with ofrendas (offerings) like sugar skulls, photos, and the deceased's favorite foods. Families also clean and decorate gravesites. The ofrendas represent an earthly path to heaven through different symbolic layers. Halloween originated from the Christian holiday All Saints' Day and traditions now include wearing costumes and trick-or-treating.

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    Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated in Mexico and the Southwestern US that honors the dead. It is celebrated from October 28th to November 2nd, with each day dedicated to a different manner of death. Traditions include building altars with ofrendas (offerings) like sugar skulls, photos, and the deceased's favorite foods. Families also clean and decorate gravesites. The ofrendas represent an earthly path to heaven through different symbolic layers. Halloween originated from the Christian holiday All Saints' Day and traditions now include wearing costumes and trick-or-treating.

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    Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated in Mexico and the Southwestern US that honors the dead. It is celebrated from October 28th to November 2nd, with each day dedicated to a different manner of death. Traditions include building altars with ofrendas (offerings) like sugar skulls, photos, and the deceased's favorite foods. Families also clean and decorate gravesites. The ofrendas represent an earthly path to heaven through different symbolic layers. Halloween originated from the Christian holiday All Saints' Day and traditions now include wearing costumes and trick-or-treating.

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    Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated in Mexico and the Southwestern US that honors the dead. It is celebrated from October 28th to November 2nd, with each day dedicated to a different manner of death. Traditions include building altars with ofrendas (offerings) like sugar skulls, photos, and the deceased's favorite foods. Families also clean and decorate gravesites. The ofrendas represent an earthly path to heaven through different symbolic layers. Halloween originated from the Christian holiday All Saints' Day and traditions now include wearing costumes and trick-or-treating.

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    DAY OF THE DEAD

    Celebration of Cycle of
    Life & Death

    Usually celebrated in
    Mexico & Southwestern
    United States
    Each day is dedicated towards different
    manners of deaths

    Oct 28: Sudden / violent deaths


    Oct 29: Drowned victims
    Oct 30: People who died alone / without family
    Oct 31: Miscarriages / People who
    died before being baptized
    Nov 1 - Día de los Inocentes : Children
    Nov 2 - Día de los Muertos : Adults
    Primary Traditions:

    - Sugar Skulls (Calaveritas)


    - Often seen on altars and graves of loved ones
    - Also seen around celebrations and parties

    - Family Cemetery Trip


    - Cleaning the grave of loved ones
    - Leaving offerings for their spirits
    - Decorating tombs with marigolds (trad. flower of
    dead)
    Ofrendas (Offering):
    - Offerings are set up on altar
    - Bottom Layer
    - Yellow flowers arranged in shape of a path, guiding lost ones
    - Often a cross with flower / seeds in the middle to show the
    earth is connected to heaven
    - Earth Layer
    - Fruits, bread, dead’s favourite foods and drinks
    - Salt Layer
    - Salt, incense, Photos of loved one
    - Represents Purgatory – Spirits rest here before reincarnation
    - Heaven Layer
    - All white, Saint Maria / Cross, Archway (gates of Heaven)
    HALLOWEEN
    Date: October 31st
    Origin of Name:
    - November 1st was celebrated from the 8th century as All-Saints Day, also known
    as All-hallowmas
    - The day before All-hallowmas, October 31st, came to be known as All-Hallows
    Eve, which then became known as Halloween
    HALLOWEEN
    Primary Traditions:
    - Dressing up in “spooky” costumes
    - Trick-or-Treating
    (The superstitious nature of Halloween was mostly reduced around the 20th
    century)
    HALLOWEEN
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