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Halloween and Sugar Skulls; Celebration of Life and Family

Happy Halloween! Lately, I’ve noticed a lot of Mexican skeletons and sugar skulls appearing alongside traditional Halloween decorations.  These fun, whimsical figures are popping up everywhere, so I wanted to write more about them and how they can help connect us to the celebration of life, death and our loved ones.

In Mexican and Latin communities throughout the world, “Dia de los Muertos”   (Day of the Dead)  is observed on November 1st and 2nd  in festivities to  honour, commune with, pray for,  and celebrate deceased loved ones as they visit the physical world in spirit on these special days.    Related to the Catholic holidays of All Souls Day and All Saints Day, these celebrations have been tied to societies in pre-Hispanic  and ancient Mexico as well.