Day of the Dead 2022 begins Monday, October 31 (today)
ends Wednesday, November 2

Dia de Los Muertos – as it is known in the native language – is a multi-day holiday during which families and friends honor the dead with vigils and offerings of food, flowers and prayer.
It is a joyous time, despite being focused on death.

Galleries
of Past Celebrations: https://pbase.com/britestar/day_of_the_dead & https://pbase.com/britestar/day_of_the_dead_2019

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Halloween 2022 Monday,October 31 (today)

Halloween is one of the oldest holidays. Although it stems from religious beliefs, it is celebrated today as a cultural holiday by people from different religious backgrounds.

Historians believe that the tradition of Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of “All Hallows' evening”) originated with an ancient Celtic festival where people lit bonfires and wore costumes to ward off ghosts. Halloween originated from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which marked the end of a bountiful harvest for the summer and the beginning of the “dark, cold winter”, which was associated with death and decay at the time. Therefore, it was on the boundary night between summer and winter that the Celts celebrated Samhain when they burnt huge bonfires dedicated to their deities and prayed to protect themselves from evil spirits during the coming winter.

Galleries
of Past Celebrations: https://pbase.com/britestar/jack_o_lantern_walk_2013 & https://pbase.com/britestar/powell_gardens_jack_o_latern_festival & https://pbase.com/britestar/glow_2016

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Halloween began to ward off spirits,
while Day of the Dead celebrates the lives of loved ones no longer around.