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    The Day of the Dead is a multi-day Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and in other places where people have Mexican ancestry. On October 31, November 1, and November 2, families gather at cemeteries to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. They build altars with the deceased's favorite foods, drinks, photos and other memorabilia. The intent is to encourage visits by souls so they can hear prayers. Celebrations involve remembering funny stories about the departed. The holiday has its origins in ancient indigenous traditions but has been integrated with Catholicism.

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    The Day of the Dead is a multi-day Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and in other places where people have Mexican ancestry. On October 31, November 1, and November 2, families gather at cemeteries to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. They build altars with the deceased's favorite foods, drinks, photos and other memorabilia. The intent is to encourage visits by souls so they can hear prayers. Celebrations involve remembering funny stories about the departed. The holiday has its origins in ancient indigenous traditions but has been integrated with Catholicism.

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    The Day of the Dead is a multi-day Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and in other places where people have Mexican ancestry. On October 31, November 1, and November 2, families gather at cemeteries to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. They build altars with the deceased's favorite foods, drinks, photos and other memorabilia. The intent is to encourage visits by souls so they can hear prayers. Celebrations involve remembering funny stories about the departed. The holiday has its origins in ancient indigenous traditions but has been integrated with Catholicism.

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    Day of the Dead (Spanish: Da de Muertos) is


    a ancestral ceremony celebrated throughout the
    Caribbean and in the Central and South regions of the
    America, and by people of Mexican ancestry living in other
    places, especially the United States and the Caribbean. It
    is acknowledged internationally in many other cultures.
    The multi-day holiday focuses on gatherings of family and
    friends to pray for and remember friends and family
    members who have died, and help support their spiritual
    journey.

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    The holiday is sometimes called Da de los


    Muertos in Anglophone countries, a backtranslation of its original name, Da de Muertos. It
    is particularly celebrated in Mexico where the day
    is a public holiday. Prior to Spanish colonization in
    the 16th century, the celebration took place at the
    beginning of summer. Gradually it was associated
    with October 31, November 1 and November 2 to
    coincide with the Western Christian triduum of All
    hallow tide: All Saints' Eve, All Saints' Day, and All
    Souls' Day. Traditions connected with the holiday
    include building private altars called ofrendas,
    honoring the deceased using sugar
    skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and
    beverages of the departed, and visiting graves with
    these as gifts. Visitors also leave possessions of the
    deceased at the graves.
    Scholars trace the origins of the modern Mexican
    holiday to indigenous observances dating back

    hundreds of years and to an Aztec


    festival dedicated to the goddess Mictecacihuatl.
    The holiday has spread throughout the world, being
    absorbed within other deep traditions for honoring
    the dead. It has become a national symbol and as
    such is taught (for educational purposes) in the
    nation's schools. Many families celebrate a
    traditional "All Saints' Day" associated with the
    Catholic Church.
    Originally, the Day of the Dead as such was not
    celebrated in northern Mexico, where it was
    unknown until the 20th century because its
    indigenous people had different traditions. The
    people and the church rejected it as a day related
    to concretizing pagan elements with Catholic
    Christianity. They held the traditional 'All Saints'
    Day' in the same way as other Christians in the
    world. There was limited Meso American influence
    in this region, and relatively few indigenous
    inhabitants from the regions of Southern Mexico,
    where the holiday was celebrated. In the early 21st
    century in northern Mexico, Da de Muertos is
    observed because the Mexican government made
    it a national holiday based on educational policies
    from the 1960s; it has introduced this holiday as a

    unifying national tradition based on indigenous


    traditions.

    Woman lighting copal incense at the cemetery during the "Alumbrada" vigil in San Andrs Mixquic

    Frances Ann Day summarizes the three-day celebration, the Day of the Dead:

    On October 31, All Hallows Eve, the children make a children's altar to invite the angelitos (spirits o

    People go to cemeteries to be with the souls of the departed and build private altars containing the favorite foods and
    beverages, as well as photos and memorabilia, of the departed. The intent is to encourage visits by the souls, so the souls
    will hear the prayers and the comments of the living directed to them. Celebrations can take a humorous tone, as celebrants
    remember funny events and anecdotes about the departed.

    Mexican cempaschil(marigold) is the traditional flower used to honor the dead

    Cempaschil, alfeiques andpapel picado used to decorate an altar

    The Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico developed from ancient traditions among its pre-Columbian cultures. Rituals
    celebrating the deaths of ancestors had been observed by these civilizations perhaps for as long as 2,5003,000 years.
    [9]
    The festival that developed into the modern Day of the Dead fell in the ninth month of the Aztec calendar, about the
    beginning of August, and was celebrated for an entire month. The festivities were dedicated to the goddess [10] known as the
    "Lady of the Dead", corresponding to the modern La Calavera Catrina.
    By the late 20th century in most regions of Mexico, practices had developed to honor dead children and infants on
    November 1, and to honor deceased adults on November 2. November 1 is generally referred to as Da de los
    Inocentes ("Day of the Innocents") but also asDa de los Angelitos ("Day of the Little Angels"); November 2 is referred to
    as Da de los Muertos or Da de los Difuntos ("Day of the Dead"). [11]

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