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Day Of The Dead Vs Dua De Los Muertos

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Day of the dead or Día de los muertos, is a celebration, mostly celebrated in mexico. This day is technically celebrated from October 31st to November 2nd. Rather than Halloween which is only celebrated on October 31st in a number of countries, throughout the world. Although these holidays are similar, they are very different.

Day of the dead is a family reunion but dead ancestors are the guests of honor, ironically they are kind of laughing at them being dead. Rather than Halloween, which children dress in costumes and “trick or treat” ; Trick or Treating is a child’s custom of going to houses on Halloween with the threat of pranks if they are not given a small gift, often used as a greeting by kids doing this.. Both of the celebrations have a tradition that gives out treats but people who celebrate halloween typically give out candy while people who celebrate day of the dead give out favorite foods. …show more content…

A similarity is that they both deal with dead people or skeletons. Skeletons or las calacas are an internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other material supporting or in the body of an animal. Mexico dresses up as them and hangs them up as a sign of gratitude, you could say, while elsewhere celebrates halloween and hangs them up as a decoration to scare

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