Day of the Dead

noun

1. an annual celebration to honor the spirits of the dead, observed in Mexico and other Latin American countries on November 1 and 2, concurrently with All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day.

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Carlos Manzo, who led Uruapan in Michoacan state, shot to fame chasing gang members from the air in a cowboy hat before he was gunned down at a public event on November 1 marking Mexico's Day of the Dead.

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Manzo was shot on 1 November while he attended a Day of the Dead festival.

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In “My First Car,” a woman goes to a Day of the Dead parade and sees a skeleton carrying a banner with what could be this singular collection’s motto: “The Beginning is Near.”

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He was gunned down at a Day of the Dead festival this month in what some call Mexico’s most sensational political assassination since Colosio’s slaying.

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When I think about today’s Democrats, I see a person performing an autopsy on themselves, looking for signs of life, like they are in a David Cronenberg body horror film or George Romero’s “Day of the Dead.”

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