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Celebrating dead saints and mortals

There's a widespread belief that the dead move among the living at this time of year. All Saints' Day is a feast celebrated on November 1 in honour of all the saints, even the less famous ones. On All Souls' Day on November 2, it's traditional for Swiss Catholics to remember the dead by tidying up family graves and decorating them with chrysanthemums. But the relatively new celebration of Halloween could be taking the focus away from these religious events.(swissworld video - archive)

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