Atlas of Festivals for the Dead: How People around the World Honour Their Dead — from Mexican Día de los Muertos to Chinese Qingming
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Educational cultural atlas page comparing how different cultures around the world honour their dead. Five illustrated panels: 1) Mexico — Día de los Muertos (November 1-2): ofrenda, skull face paint, marigolds. 2) China — Qingming Festival (April): families clean graves and burn paper offerings (paper money, paper houses, paper items), incense. 3) Japan — Obon Festival (August): lanterns on the river (tōrō nagashi) to guide spirits back to the afterlife; traditional Bon Odori dance around a yagura tower. 4) Madagascar — Famadihana: families exhume ancestors' remains every 5-7 years, rewrap in fresh silk, celebrate with music and dancing. 5) All Saints Day / Allerheiligen (Central Europe): families decorating graves with candles and chrysanthemums on November 1st. Caption: 'All traditions share the belief that remembering the dead keeps their memory alive among the living.'
