Day of the Dead

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Allison Lichter
and
Isaac-Davy Aronson
WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010

New York, NY —

In the Catholic calendar, this weekend is dedicated to remembering the dead, and here in New York, immigrants from Latin America have moved spiritual rituals from private homes and cemeteries, to secular spaces like museums and public libraries.

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