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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
In his statement, Mr. Tai said police examination of Mr. Todd's laptop found he had visited suicide-related websites on 19 occasions from March to June 2012, most of which were on June 23, the day before Mr. Todd was found dead, Mr. Tai said.
Families will devote a day to cleaning the graves, decorating them with candles and flores del muerto (flowers of the dead), having picnics and dancing to mariachi bands.
On the same day, a local Serb councillor who was a close friend of Arkan was shot dead.
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Mr Hussain said he would have to call her every morning after he finished work, but could not contact her on the day she was killed, and then he heard that a mother of three had been found dead.
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Jordanian police say they have shot dead a gunman attacking a police station in the north of the country on the second day of countrywide unrest.
His comments come the day after Abad was shot dead while on his way to a football match with his son in the city of Zaragoza on Sunday.
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