Day of the Dead
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The opera opens in the real world, as drably attired villagers assemble marigold- and candle-festooned Day of the Dead altars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
The fire comes on the weekend when Mexico celebrates the Day of the Dead, where festivities are held for people to honour deceased loved ones.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
He is one of ten dead relatives, whose remains the 62-year-old will clean before this year's Day of the Dead.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025
In Mexico, for instance, that space is joyously celebrated in annual Day of the Dead festivities, with its skeleton trinkets and pan de muerto, sweet buns served at family gatherings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
On my last Day of the Dead in Yana Urku, everyone gathered in the cemetery, as they did every year, among lopsided, blue wooden crosses on dirt mounds, where the dead people slept.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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