El Dia de los Muertos
-rememberance
and prayer for family
and friends who have passed away
-originates from mexio
-symbols: skulls
-religion: christianity
-continues from
October 31st to
November 1st
-visiting cemeteries, leave food offerings shaped like
skulls at the altar along with incense and
a picture of the dead person
Víspera de Todos los Santos
- appreciation of
the afterlife and the
survival after death
-originates from ireland
-symbols: pumpkins, ghosts, etc.
-religion: Paganism, Christianity; now modernized and embraced universally as a fun festival
-October 31st
-carve pumpkins, decorate houses with a ghoulish theme, trick
or treating
-people dress in character of creatures and spirits
-people enjoy the holiday celebrations with family and friends
-both holidays fall around the same time in the year
El Dia de los Muertos y Víspera de Todos los Santos
(author: Samantha Bowler)