Halloween And Day Of The Dead Similarities

Day of the Dead is a holiday for people to honor their ancestors and loved ones who have passed away and invite those spirits back into their homes to be part of the family once more. Halloween and Day of the Dead have similarities which are that both holidays have costumes, skeletons, and treats as well as graveyards, and decorations. Halloween is a time that you can be anything you want, so people dress up in costumes to continue the tradition that was started in Ireland. On the Day of the Dead, people wear shells on their clothes, so when they dance, it will wake the dead. A difference between Day of the Dead and Halloween is that they have different symbols. The symbol for Halloween is a pumpkin or a ghost. The Day of the Dead symbol is

a skull. A similarity is that they both are related to the dead. On the Day of the Dead, Mexicans give dead children presents and adult drinks. On Halloween, we let the spirits free. Another difference between these celebrations is the atmosphere. The Day of the Dead is more of a picnic, rather than a night of mischief that we refer to; Halloween. Another similarity is that you can both get candy. On Halloween trick-or-treaters collect candy by approaching houses and say “trick-or-treat”.
On Day of the Dead the people have candy skulls.

Halloween is originated from Ireland, and Day of the Dead was started in Mexico. During Halloween, people usually have various types of candies. Kinds of candies include chocolate, caramels, sugar candies, gummy candies, and much more. On Day of the Dead, Calaveras and pan de los muertos is served, along with many other candies in shapes of coffins, skulls, and skeletons. The symbol for Halloween is the classic jack o’ lantern. Back in the Middle Ages, ritual harvest festival in Welsh, Irish and Gaelic cultures. They were used to guide trick or treaters through the night and keep way evil spirits. Not all the jack o’ lanterns were pumpkins. Some were made out of radishes or squash. The symbol Day of the Dead is the classic skull or skeleton. If you went to a Day of the Dead celebration, you would see happy skeletons on display practically everywhere across city streets. Another important symbol of the Day of the dead is the marigold flower. It is said that the flower draws back to souls of the dead and leads item to the homes of their families. Believe it or not, Halloween is a holiday that is nearly 1300 years old, and it originates from Welsh and Gaelic cultures. It was a holiday evolved from the Samhain, an ancient Celtic holiday. This was a time where the harvests were collected for the winter, and it was believed that since winter was approaching, it would allow the souls of the dead to breach tohe world of the living.

The spirits that came down Earth were said to ruin crops, hence the reason for the harvest festival.