In Mexico, the festivities go hand-in-hand with, Catrina, the goddess of Death. Celebrations include altars, offerings and food prepared in honor of the dead.
Celebrated over three days in Thailand, this festival includes parades, the symbolic extinguishing of torches and monks reciting the last reincarnation of Buddha.
This Chinese celebration venerating the dead involves the cleaning of grave sites and the preparation of cold foods.
This holiday, celebrated in several countries on October 31st, has Celtic and Roman origins. In the U.S., children dress in costume and go from house-to-house, 'trick-or-treating'.
In this Hindu celebration of the dead, prayers are made to the goddess Durga, to honor the deceased and chase away demons.
On November 2nd, Brazilians visit the graves of their loved ones and make offerings in the form of flowers and candles.
In Japan, offerings are made in the form of lamps, which then end up in the river to guide the spirits with their light.
Originally an Irish holiday celebrating the end of the harvest, celebrants light bonfires and don masks to drive away evil spirits.
This fifteen-day Cambodian festival celebrates the opening of gates of Hell, allowing some souls to return to roam amongst the living.
During the first two days of November, this Guatemalan festival involves throwing giant kites into the air on hills near a cemetery.
This Christian holy day stems from a belief that there is a powerful spiritual bond between those in heaven and the living.
During this three-day festival, Koreans visit the burial sites of their ancestors to pay their respects and clean the graves.
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