The Day of the Dead festival has its origins in a pre-Hispanic Aztec belief that the dead return to Earth one day each year to visit their loved ones.
Now observed by communities around the world, thousands of people from Manila to Mexico celebrate the festival reuniting the living with the dead on Nov 1 and 2.
eclectic_poly_pair on October 31, 2007 04:44 PM | Permalink
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Day of the Dead is November 2nd - All Souls Day. Today is All Saints Day (All Hallows Day) which is a separate but related holiday to All Souls Day.
Posted by: ironic1 | November 1, 2007 10:51 AM
The Day of the Dead festival has its origins in a pre-Hispanic Aztec belief that the dead return to Earth one day each year to visit their loved ones.
Now observed by communities around the world, thousands of people from Manila to Mexico celebrate the festival reuniting the living with the dead on Nov 1 and 2.
Posted by: eclectic_poly_pair | November 1, 2007 03:48 PM