Halloween+Comparison

=How is Day of the Dead Like Halloween?=

By Megan

 * ==== El dia de los Muertos is like Halloween in many ways. It is celebrated at midnight on October 31, but the celebration doesn't end until November 2. ====

Day of the dead is a time of rejoicing and remembering for the people who celebrate this festivity.
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 * ===== Just like Halloween, the cultures celebrating day of the dead decorate their homes and communities in preparation for their loved ones to come back.In the Picture above, these two skeletons are an amusing example of how they decorate for the celebration. As you can see, it is much similar to Halloween, only U.S skeletons are made to scare little children, not make them laugh. ===== || ===== In the United States, people decorate the inside of their houses, but maybe a little =====

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differently than the people in Latin America. During the celebration of El Dia de los Muertos, people decorate altars to welcome their family member's spirits back. They usually place a lot of their family members favorite things and a picture of them so they can find their relatives homes. ===== ||


 * ===== During this celebration, they have parades through their town. In this parade, there is sometimes a corpse being carried down the street in a coffin. While the parade is journeying down the street, vendors throw fruit, candy and flowers into the coffin offering it to the corpse. This is just one of the celebrations that the people who celebrate day of the dead. This is like Halloween in which some towns and communities have a parade through the town, but there is usually not any vendors throwing food. In the picture below, the "corpse" is getting prepared to parade through the town. ===== ||
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 * ===== Another tradition that is shared by the two holidays is dressing up. People in South American Countries dress up =====

picture above, these two are dressed up and ready to enjoy the Dia de los Muertos' festivities.
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Sugar skulls and Pan de Muerto (Bread of the dead.) Skulls are also used to celebrate the dead.There is one name written on a skull. Then a lot of times people put that one skull on their altar of their loved one that has passes away. These tasty foods are always expected during the celebration, just like candy in the U.S. Candy is a very popular treat that kids in the United States expect on Halloween. ||  ||
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 * During day of the dead, people make all kinds of food. The most popular are

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