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Every year in Mexico, Central America and parts of the southwestern United States celebrate life with a festival for the dead. On November first and second each year, Los Dias de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, people visit the gravesides of their loved ones with gifts. AZ Central: Indigenous people wouldn't let 'Day of the Dead' die
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- Celebrated annually on November first and second
- The Spanish tried to do away with the holiday, but integrated it eventually with All Saints Day AZ Central: Indigenous people wouldn't let 'Day of the Dead' die
- Altars to the dead are built in some placesDay of the Dead: Altar Traditions
- People dress as ghouls, ghosts and skeletons and parade through the streets with an empty coffinHolidays on the Net: Dia de los Muertos
- A cake called pan de muerto is made to resemble bonesMexOnline: Day of the Dead
- Similar to the original customs and traditions associated with Halloween
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@fOTOGLIF | November 13, 2009 02:22 AM -
@vampish_Maggie ~smirks thinking of the 4 girls I left dead~ I did yes babe. Have a feeling I won't need to hunt for a day or two now!
@Santiago_guard | November 13, 2009 02:16 AM -
Thinking of taking the whole day off of #nanowrimo. Killing zombies w/ the bf (whose class was cancelled). God bless House of the Dead 2!!
@coderster | November 13, 2009 02:01 AM -
We are up to 22 dead roaches and the 2nd day staying with @whatarecows ' parents. I've got bugs on the brain. I need a glass of wine. Badly.
@buttonsarentoys | November 13, 2009 01:45 AM -
it's only the beginning of the day & just as i was about to use my calculator, it went dead. eh, later got math UT leh! :(
@fanaaa | November 13, 2009 01:34 AM
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Celebrated on November 1 and 2, Day of the Dead honors the memory of departed souls, welcoming them back to celebrate the best of life. Families decorate grave sites with marigolds and set up stunning altars. Streets flutter with paper bann...
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