The clustering of Halloween, Día de los Muertos, and All Saints’ Day suggests that across cultures and religions, humans share deep, common questions and fascinations about death, the afterlife, and remembrance. These holidays reveal that societies throughout history have grappled with similar existential themes: What happens after we die? How should we remember and honor those who have passed? How do we face our own mortality?

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