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Halloween = Día de los Muertos?

Día de los Muertos:

Halloween Día de los Muertos


November 1
Date of beginning October 31
Ireland
Country Mexico
The celts believes that the
night of new year
(November first, the ghost
would come to the world
and the boundaries between
the two worlds would The Día de los Muertos is a
endure hence to protect celebration to honor the
Reason
themselves they celebrated lives of those who have
the festival of Samhain passed
warden lee known as
Halloween

October 31
Date of celebration November 1-2
Bring flowers, decorations,
and favourite food of the
dead to the cemetery as an
offering, private alters are
prepared in people’s homes
Use costumes, Carved faces that include
on turnips or potatoes or offerings/ofrendas for the
pumpkins dead photos for the dead
Ways of celebrating
are also included to draw
their souls to the altars; do
sugar skulls and pandey
muerto: papel picado is use
to decoration and the holes
cut into the papel allow for
the souls of the dead to pass
through and visit

Jack- ‘o-lanterns; gosht;


skulls Skulls/calaveras; shredded
paper/papel picado;
Symbols
marigolds flowers;
butterflies
B. Which of the celebrations do you prefer? Why?

I like Halloween better, because I can wear cool costumes and eat lots of
sweets ,plus I don't like to remember someone's death

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