To celebrated the end of the spookies, Lizz tells the stories of Obon and Fet Gede and Shannon tells the story of the Day of the Dead.

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_(festival)

https://gogonihon.com/en/blog/what-is-obon/

Gogonihon.com What is Obon? A Guide to the Japanese Spirit Festival by Andy Tellier

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/festival-celebrating-dead-japan-obon

Atlasobscure.com The Cucumber Horses and Eggplant Cows That Welcome Back the Dead by Ellen Freeman

https://visithaiti.com/festivals-events/fet-gede-haitian-day-of-the-dead/

Visithaiti.com Fet Gede - the Hatian Day of the Dead by Jean Fils and translated by Kally Paulemon

https://medium.com/@lunionsuite/10-things-we-learned-about-fet-gede-haitian-day-of-the-dead-4a9f3b36c4a3

Medium.com 10 Things We Learned About Fet Gede “Haitian Day of The Dead” by Lunion Suite

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guede

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