Last weekend brought with it range of celebrations including Halloween, All Saints’ Day, Day of the Dead and more. Here’s a selection of photos from celebrations around the world.
A woman in the role of a spirit known as a “Gede” looks on while holding a human bone in her hands during Day of the Dead celebrations at the National Cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, 1 November 2015. Day of the Dead traditions coincide with All Saints Day and All Souls Day on 1 and 2 November.
The first annual “Viva la Vida” festival was a celebration of Day of the Dead at the Santa Ana Train Station in California. The event featured individual alters to ancestors, food and entertainment.
The souls of departed loved ones are being honored around Latin America as celebrants blend pre-Columbian rituals with the Roman Catholic observance of all Saint’s Day on 1 November and All Soul’s Day on 2 November to mark the Day of the Dead.
Whitby Goth Weekend was held in Whitby, North Yorkshire. The twice-yearly event brings in people from all over for a weekend of music and celebration of goth culture.
All Saint’s Day was marked in Pecs, Hungary with tributes of a thousand candles and paper craned at a public cemetery.
Filipinos flocked to cemeteries and memorial parks to remember their dead as they observe All Saints Day in the predominantly Roman Catholic country of the Philippines.
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