Tonight some will be celebrating All Hallow’s Eve, prior to All Saint’s Day tomorrow. Just before the saints have their big day, anti-saints supposedly engage in all kinds of mischief the night before. Halloween is catching on in Mexico, although Mexican kiddies merely ask for treats without threatening the ungenerous with tricks. All Souls’ Day follows All Saints Day and All Souls’ Day in Mexico is regarded as the Day of the Dead, similar to Asia’s Feast of the Hungry Ghosts, when spirits of the departed return to party and dine with those they left behind.
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Jimm Budd
Reporting From Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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