The toy-makers defend Halloween as a festival that can co-exist with the Day of the Dead.
In 2003, the Day of the Dead celebration was entered on the UNESCO list of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
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In Ireland this time of year is Samhain (sow-wain), in America, we call it Halloween and in Latin America, El Dia DeL Muerto, The Day of the Dead.
The symphony recently co-commissioned a symphonic work by Mexican composer Juan Trigos, accompanied by a film to be projected above the orchestra, celebrating the Mexican tradition of the Day of the Dead.
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His institute counts at least 62 distinct traditions for celebrating the Day of the Dead, legacies of the various civilisations that dotted Mesoamerica (most of which is now central and southern Mexico) before the conquest.
That film was followed by Dawn of the Dead (1978), Day of the Dead (1985) and now Land of the Dead.
Disney hoped to secure the rights to the title "Day of the Dead" and such themed merchandise as fruit preserves, fruit-based snacks, toys, games, clothing, footwear, backpacks, clocks and jewelry.
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Women will spend all day cooking the favourite food of the dead relative for the customary feast, in which friends and family gather to toast the ghostly visitors.
In fact, it has become something of an annual tradition, like Cinco de Mayo and Day of the Dead, that, when the list of Kennedy Center Honorees is announced each year, there won't be a single Latino name on it.
The killer apparently missed her four-year-old sister Zeena who was found hiding under the skirts of her dead mother and grandmother the following day.
There was no confirmation that the soldiers were dead until the day of the swap.
Mexican cuisine is elaborate and symbol-laden, with everyday tortillas and tamales, both made of corn, forming an integral part of Day of the Dead offerings.
And then one day in the dead of the night, he takes me for a tour of his workplace, where he works the night-shift in a nursing home.
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For last year's race, Weiss and her husband Billy spent three months building their Taco Truck sculpture, a Day of the Dead-inspired ode to the traveling Mexican food kitchens that are ubiquitous in California.
At a news conference earlier in the day, Cone said at least 10 of the dead were soldiers.
The most dramatic testimony of the day was provided by First Lieutenant Max Frank, who was assigned to remove the dead.
The blasts struck a day after a series of attacks left 10 people dead, including a Sunni candidate running in the upcoming provincial elections.
But perhaps the most talked about pieces of evidence from last year's raid have yet to see the light of day: photos of a dead bin Laden.
Karachi shut down on Monday for a day of mourning to honor the dead.
On a fog-shrouded evening on the penultimate day of 1906, a dead-heading train roared down this stretch of tracks near Washington's Catholic University, coming upon a slower passenger train heading the same direction on the same track.
The number of dead is rising by as many as 200 a day, as fast as in the worst period in Iraq.
Among the deaths being looked into by the HET are those of 11 civilians shot dead over a three-day period in Ballymurphy.
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In 2001 he was charged with five counts of indecent assault but the day before he was due in court in October of that year he was found dead in a caravan at Treco Bay, Porthcawl.
For most of the previous week, army personnel leading the cleanup found around 100 dead bodies each day.
And yesterday was the first time since that cold day at the end of January 1965 that the bells of Big Ben had fallen silent as a mark of respect for the dead - with the exception of a brief period in the 1970s, when the tower was closed for repairs.
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It was the day of the funeral for another son, Mark, who had been shot dead three weeks earlier.
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Mr Sarkozy said there would be a national day of remembrance for France's war dead in the coming days as he marked Mr Ponticelli's death.
On Memorial Day we are all small town America, honoring the sacrifices of our war dead and wounded while celebrating the simple freedoms of the first long hot summer weekend.
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He said that "for the betterment of the country", "Martyrs' Day" - which commemorates dead Tamil Tiger fighters - should not be observed by people.
Heartened by his encounters with groups of businessmen, Abdullah called 150 members of the private sector and government together for a two-day retreat at the Dead Sea in November 1999.
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