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19 novembre 2019
- doi: 10.58079/ajxd
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Academies Editorial Board, « The Day of the Dead », Transregional Academies, ID : 10.58079/ajxd
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by Laura Karp Lugo (LMU München/DFK Paris) The Day of the Dead has a pivotal and communal importance in Mexico. It derives from a millenary and syncretic tradition which merges local and Catholic rituals. The city becomes a party where the majority of Mexicans wear masks and other costumes to celebrate and remember their dead relatives. Altars are erected everywhere in homage to departed loved ones: in houses, in squares, in the halls of public buildings, in the offices of the ...