Day of the Dead celebrations around the world

People astir the satellite person been celebrating the Day of the Dead, bringing airy and colour to streets and cemeteries.

The vacation blends pre-Colombian rituals with the Roman Catholic observance of All Saints’ Day connected November 1 and All Souls’ Day connected November 2.

The Day of the Dead, oregon El Dia de los Muertos, is not for mourning oregon grieving, but for celebrating the lives of those who person passed.

It is believed to beryllium a clip erstwhile the surviving and the dormant tin connect.

Traditional practices are performed, specified arsenic placing marigold flowers connected altars and offering definite nutrient items, the aroma and colour of which are thought to assistance spirits instrumentality to sojourn the living.

To commemorate the dead, radical besides formal up successful colourful skeleton costumes.

The vacation is particularly fashionable successful Mexico, but is besides observed successful different countries, including the United States and Germany.