Without doubt this is one of my favourite times of the
year...Halloween. This year I will be celebrating it in Tijuana or New Mexico,
depending on the dates, and I’m so excited to see the El Día de los Muertos - Day of the Dead Festival.
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This Mexican Holiday is celebrated throughout Mexico and is
a festival on the rise throughout the world. People in Brazil now celebrate
this day as Dia de Finados and in Spain there are parades and festivals.
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Pre-celebrations
begin on October 31
st and continue until the 2
nd November,
which connects the catholic holiday of All Souls & Saints Day. Bringing
together family and friends, Day of the Dead is all about celebrating and
praying for the lives that have been lost.
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Using sugar skulls, marigold and gifts, it is tradition to
build altars or shrines of the deceased and take these objects to their graves.
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I’m so excited to be experiencing this and no doubt I will
follow up with a part two to this blog post
