{"id":418,"date":"2022-11-16T07:04:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T07:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/theaterarts_remoterepertory\/?page_id=418"},"modified":"2022-11-17T00:09:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T00:09:44","slug":"anniversary-of-dead-people-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/theaterarts_remoterepertory\/anniversary-of-dead-people-day\/","title":{"rendered":"“Anniversary of Dead People Day”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In The Hatmaker\u2019s Wife<\/em>, the characters talk about going to the cemetery for the \u201canniversary of dead people day.\u201d This day most resembles the holidays on November 1st<\/sup> and 2nd<\/sup>, of D\u00eda de los Muertos<\/em> (Day of the Dead), All Saints\u2019 Day, and All Souls\u2019 Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These holidays celebrate and remember the dead. D\u00eda de los Muertos <\/em>is a Mexican holiday, on November 1st<\/sup>, where the souls of the deceased return to their loved ones for one night and is celebrated with special food and celebrations. Similarly, the Catholic holidays of All Saints\u2019 Day (November 1st<\/sup>) and All Souls\u2019 Day (November 2nd<\/sup>) both remember the dead as well; All Saints\u2019 Day commemorates saints and martyrs, and All Souls\u2019 Day remembers individuals who have passed.<\/p>\n\n\n

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An ofrenda (altar) for D\u00eda de los Muertos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Though the \u201canniversary of dead people day\u201d is only referred to as that, and a specific holiday is never given a name, if it is referencing a real holiday, it is most likely All Souls\u2019 Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Eastern Europe, where the Hetchmans and Meckel are from, All Souls\u2019 Day is very widely celebrated. Though they are technically Catholic holidays, All Saints\u2019 and All Souls\u2019 Days have strong pagan roots and were being celebrated in the region long before Catholicism took root there. The celebration of these holidays is very widespread and secular in this region, taking parts of the Slavic holiday Dziady<\/em>, including turning lighting bonfires on burial places into what is done today, placing lamps on graves. In Poland, when religion was forbidden due to socialism, these days were called Dzie\u0144 Zmar\u0142ych<\/em> or \u015awi\u0119to Zmar\u0142ych<\/em>, meaning \u201cDay of the Dead,\u201d removing the reference to religion while still allowing the people to celebrate their holidays. Like D\u00eda de los Muertos<\/em>, All Souls’ Day can also be celebrated with special food, like soul cakes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A cemetery in Poland on All Souls’ Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Though there is not a Jewish equivalent of these days, Jews have other ways of honoring the dead. On major holidays, Yahrzeit candles are lit in memory of those that have passed on. There are also Jewish traditions of naming babies after loved ones who have recently passed away, and many other ways of remembering the dead. Though they do not have one specific day for it, Jewish people celebrate their ancestors and deceased loved ones regularly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In The Hatmaker\u2019s Wife, the characters talk about going to the cemetery for the \u201canniversary of dead people day.\u201d This day most resembles the holidays on November 1st and 2nd, of D\u00eda de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), All Saints\u2019 Day, and All Souls\u2019 Day. These holidays celebrate and remember the dead. D\u00eda de […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":296,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-418","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/theaterarts_remoterepertory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/theaterarts_remoterepertory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/theaterarts_remoterepertory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/theaterarts_remoterepertory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/296"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/theaterarts_remoterepertory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/theaterarts_remoterepertory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":423,"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/theaterarts_remoterepertory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418\/revisions\/423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unewhavendh.org\/theaterarts_remoterepertory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}