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The Brazilian public holiday of Dia de Finados, Dia dos Mortos or Dia dos Fiéis Defuntos (Portuguese: "Day of the Dead" or "Day of the Faithful Deceased") is celebrated on November 2. Similar to other Day of the Dead celebrations, people go to cemeteries and churches with flowers and candles and offer prayers. The celebration is intended as a ...
Autonomous Region of Azores Day (Whit Monday) Dia da Região Autónoma dos Açores Dia da Pombinha Dia do Bodo Only celebrated in Azores. [5] 10 June: Portugal Day: Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas: National Day. Commemorates the death of national poet Luís de Camões in 1580. 1 July
Day of the Dead, or Dia De Los Muertos, is an annual holiday that honors the memory and life of deceased loved ones on Nov. 1 and 2.
In Europe, historians have thought the three- day festival of the dead is a ritualistic remembrance of the deluge in which Halloween the first night is depicting the wickedness of the world before the flood. The second night is spent celebrating the saved who survived the deluge and the last night is meant as an honoring to those who would ...
The holiday's origins dates back thousands of years ago, but the theme remains the same: to remember those that died before us.
Day of the Dead commemorates those who have died and keeps them alive through centuries old traditions. Here's what to know about the holiday. When is Day of the Dead celebrated?
Día de Muertos is often mistaken for "Mexican Halloween." But what is it, really? And who celebrates the Day of the Dead?
Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas: Portugal Day. Marks the date of Camões death. Camões wrote The Lusiads, Portugal's national epic. Event of 1580. Celebrated in many of Portuguese communities in the United States of America, such as the Ironbound in Newark, New Jersey August 15: Assunção: Assumption of Mary. October 5