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Day of the Dead Helps Death Feel Like An Integral Part of Life

Day of the Dead Helps Death Feel Like An Integral Part of Life

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Jim Buie
Nov 01, 2022
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I haven’t before observed a Day of the Dead, but multiple losses in 2022 — more than one a month since the spring — have brought death far closer and the impulse to deny its presence impossible. In Spanish culture, a day of the dead is traditionally observed in late October and/or the first week of November. According to the video below, the tradition i…

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