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10 Things you Didn’t Know About the Day of the Dead

The Day of the Dead is Celebrated throughout Latin America

Women with faces painted to look like the popular Mexican figure called "Catrina" are seen in Zapopan October 30, 2014. According to participants, about 271 women gathered in an attempt at the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of women dressed to look like "Catrina", a character also known as "The Elegant Death" and created by Guadalupe Posada in the early 1900s. Mexicans will celebrate the annual Day of the Dead on November 1 and 2.    REUTERS/Alejandro Acosta (MEXICO - Tags: SOCIETY)

The centuries-old tradition of remembering the dead is still alive through Latin America. In Guatemala, people make a traditional salad known as fiambre to remember the dead. Known as the Day of the Deceased (Día de los Difuntos) in Ecuador, people eat “guaguas” (baby-shaped bread) and dip it in “colada morada” (blood-red blackberry juice). The Brazilian celebration called Finados is similar to the Latin American festivals.

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