Día de los Muertos

In the mailbox this Tews’ day . . .

The Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, is often confused as the "Mexican Halloween" because of its use of skeletons and when the holiday is celebrated Nov. 1 to Nov. 2. If you didn't know, it's actually an indigenous holiday that originated in southern Mexico and celebrates the remembrance of family members and friends who have died.

The roots of the Day of the Dead go back some 3,000 years, to the rituals honoring the dead in the Aztecs among others in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.

In the Western Catholic tradition, Today is All Saints' Day, honoring Christian saints and martyrs. Pope Boniface IV originated the holy day in around 609, celebrated on May 13. Pope Gregory III changed it to November 1 in the mid-700s, probably to coincide with, and incorporate, the Celtic pagan festival of Samhain, a time when the border between the dead and the living was especially porous and ghosts were believed to walk among the living.

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