Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of Octuber 31. Traditional activities include trick~or~treading, bonfires, costume parties, vising "hounted houses" and carving jack~o~lanterns. The activitie is popular in the United States, the United Kindom, Ireland, Canada and due to increased American cultural influence in recent years.
On november 1st and 2nd Mexico celebrates the Day of the Dead, and there are two very especial places where this ritual is specially imoressive: Mixquila, a small town in Mexico City, and in Janitzio, charming little island in the state of Michoacan. Very early in October, tall over the country, bakeries after the deliciouss Pan de muerto, Day of the Dead bread, the bread is adorned with strips of dough the simulating bones and at the top a small cound piece of dough that symbolize tearchop.
These breads are place on the Altars or ofrendas, and are also taken to the toms in the graveyard.
by. Diego Cantu 3A
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