Ball of fire

What is celebration?•The festival takes place on the same day every year - 31 August - and residents gather around the commemoration of the 1922 eruption of a volcano that forced all city residents to flee, in Salvador.

How they celebrate?• -In Salvador there is a strange and unusual festival that involves throwing fireballs size of the palm of kerosene on the opposing team (team good against evil computer).

History• At Festival has given a religious bias because the church says Jerome

led to a demon by fireballs, citizens of the small town of Nejapa will maintain its usual ball not so traditional fire-throwing in memory of the volcano that once changed his world.

Day of the Dead

What is celebration?Celebrating The Day of the Dead has a long history in Mexican Tradition. The Day of the dead is celebrated on November 2nd. Sometime one hears reference to “the days of the Dead” which refers to the Days of October 31 – November 2. October 31 is Halloween or All Hallows eve. November 1 is “el Dia de los innnocentes” or the day of the children and All Saints Day. November second is All Souls Day or the Day of the Dead.

How they celebrate?Flowers, food, and alcoholic beverages may be left there for deceased loved ones. Some even arrange for musical groups to play the songs their loved one enjoyed listening to. Many Catholics also build an altar in their home and may place a photograph of the dead loved one on it.Here are the most common and important Day of the Dead traditions:• Creating an altar with offerings (known as ofrenda)• Visiting, cleaning, and decorating gravesites• Telling stories about the deceased• Making food for the deceased, to be placed on altars• Making or buying sugar skulls and pan de muerto

History• The Enciclopedia de México notes that certain practices in connection

with the celebration of the dead seem “to preserve elements of the Indian ceremonies of the months ochpaniztli and teotleco, during which cempasúchil flowers and corn tamales were offered to the manes [souls of the dead] at a time of the year in which the harvest had just been gathered—at the end of October and the beginning of November.” As the encyclopedia notes, some of the customs reflect similar festivities held during pre-Hispanic times, which included a certain carnivallike spirit.