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All Souls Day Vocabulary
1. ALL SOULS' DAY- November 2 observed in some Christian churches as a day of prayer for the souls of the faithful departed
2. 1 November – Day of the leaders of the Bulgarian national revival
3. November 1 is called November Day (Lá Samhna) in Celtic tradition and is thus named in the Irish Calendar, where the month is called Mí na Samhna.
4. In the Roman Catholic calendar, November 2 is All Souls Day. It is known in Mexico as el Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), and the whole month of November is especially dedicated to praying for the dead
5. All Souls’ Day is a day of alms giving and prayers for the dead.
6. All Saints' Day is a celebration of all Christian saints, particularly those who have no special feast days of their own, in many Roman Catholic, Anglican and Protestant churches.
7. Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures.
8. Undas is the Philippines' celebration of the All Saints Day and the All Souls Day.
9. puntod and lapida grave and memorial stone with inscriptions
10. atang (food and drink offering for the souls
11. Undas is a much honored religious tradition in the country which explains why it is included in our list of non-working holidays.
12. All Saints’ Day is a Christian tradition that is largely observed by members of the Roman Catholic faith on November 1st, every year.
13. All Saints’ Day is a national holiday – Employees are entitled to 130% of their daily rate if they report to work. It is a special (non-working) holiday.
14. All Souls’ Day is a religious observance - This is a normal working day with no holiday pay benefits and the ‘no work, no pay’ rule applies.
15. soul - the spiritual part of a person that most religions believe continues to existafter their body dies
16. absolution
17. the act of forgiving someone for something wrong they have done, especially for a religious fault
18. Angel a spirit that in some

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