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INTRODUCTION: Celebrating Holidays & Festivals Around the World. ........... 6 INTRODUCTION: Halloween & Remembrances of the Dead........................... 8 1: Origins and Celebrations of Halloween................................ 11 2: Origins and Celebrations of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days...... 21 3: Origins and Celebrations of Soul Saturdays and Day of the Dead......................................................................... 31 4: Origins and Celebrations of Tomb Sweeping Day and Ghost Festival........................................................................ 39 5: Celebrating in Africa.............................................................. 51 6: Celebrating in Asia................................................................ 61 7: Celebrating in Europe........................................................... 73 8: Celebrating in Latin America and the Caribbean. ................. 83 9: Celebrating in North America. .............................................. 93 10: Celebrating in Oceania. .................................................... 101 SERIES GLOSSARY ....................................................................................... 106 FURTHER RESOURCES ................................................................................. 109 INDEX ............................................................................................................ 111 PICTURE CREDITS ........................................................................................ 112