Like many other Christian festivals, the celebrations of Dia de los Difuntos (Day of the Deceased) in Latin America also has roots in pagan rites. The Christian missionaries had to adopt many of the rites and indigenous symbols to facilitate evangelization. Nowadays, from one side to the continent to the other, days such as this are characterized by the memory of the dead and visits to cemeteries, but different traditions in this regard are to be found in each country or region.
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