- During the Days of the Dead, families go to the cemetery where their loved ones are buried to clean and decorate their graves. They picnic, play music, and spend the entire night in the cemetery.
- Millions of monarch butterflies arrive in Mexico around the Days of the Dead. They are believed to bring home the spirits of departed friends and relatives.
- The Celtic festival of Samhain which celebrated the end of summer and the coming of winter, also welcomed the souls of the dead who were allowed to return home for this one evening, October 31st. In England, people went 'souling' or 'soul-caking,' begging for sweets door-to-door. What popular holiday grew out of this tradition?
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