Day of the Dead
DAY OF THE DEAD. The feast of All Saints Day and the liturgical celebration of All Souls Day have long histories in Western Christendom. The origins of these occasions in the Christian...
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(Reuters) - The Day of the Dead festival has its
origins in a pre-Hispanic Aztec belief that the dead return to
Earth one day each year to visit their loved ones. Now observed by Catholic communi...
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APATZINGAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Musicians in black
sombreros serenaded a tomb where women in designer sunglasses
and gold jewelry dabbed their eyes with tissues as relatives
mourned victims of Mexi...
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Death just isn't what it used to be.A small religious group that worships the grim reaper and is fighting for government recognition unveiled a softer image of their so-called Death Saint on Sunday...
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'Tis the season for haunted houses, ghost stories and pumpkins. Here are some Halloween happenings around the country.Guests at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia can take part in a recreation of a ...
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Some loaded their possessions into grocery carts, wheeling what they could save over knee-deep floodwaters. Others jumped from fast-disappearing rooftops and swam to higher ground.Helicopters, boat...
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Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans fled a flooded region of the Gulf coast Friday, jumping from rooftops into rescue helicopters, scrambling into boats or swimming out through murky brown water. Pre...
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GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalans voted
Sunday in a presidential election that split the country
between left and right over how to fight a surge in violent
crime 11 years after the end of a ...
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It's a Hollywood theme older than "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and as recent as "Thelma & Louise." Flee south of the border to escape the law.Alfredo Arenas Moreno's mission is to convi...
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If you'd rather see butterflies on a mountaintop than slather yourself with sunblock on a tourist-packed beach in Cancun, Mexico is an ideal winter destination.Ecotourism is drawing fans in the cen...
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Following events are scheduled over the next four weeks: NOTE: The inclusion of diary items does not necessarily
mean that Reuters will file a story on the event. **As of March 18th this diary wil...
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Day of the Dead
FACTBOX-The Day of the Dead's global spread
