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 C:    The Day of the Dead has arrived All Soul’s
        Dayand All Saint’s Day!

 A:    Your neighbor is crazy. Why is he screaming that?

 B:    Because today is the first of November the Day of
       the Dead

 A:    Oh, that’s right.

 B:    This is a very special day among many cultures
       around the world especially in Latin America

 A:    Seriously? I thought it was just like any other day,
       except for the fact that people visit the cemetery
       and remember their loved ones.
 B:    Well, that’s just part of it People across the world
       celebrate in different ways In Mexcio for example
       it’s common to see people building private altars
       honoring the deceasedusing sugar skulls, prepar-
       ing the favorite foods and beverages of the de-
       parted and visiting graves with these as gifts. In
       the Philippines, the tombs are cleaned or re-
       painted, candles are lit and flowers are offered
       Entire families camp out in cemeteries .and some-
       times spend a night or two near their relatives’
       tombs!

 A:    Whoa! That’sscary! I don’t know if I could do that!

 B:    Why? We should fear the living, not the dead .
 

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