what is El Dia De los Brujas?

Answer 1

The day of the witches.

Answer 2

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This is Halloween

When speech of Halloween or Day of the Witches thinks about disguises, maquillaje, celebration, candies and children; but the tradition indicates that its celebration not always was festive and cheers, and that the rites that practiced during the night had a purifying and religious character.

The 31 of October is a date associated with deads, the souls in pain, the witches and the spells. These characteristics must to their proximity with the day of the deceaseds, that is commemorated in the first week of November.

Historically, the practical Halloween as of encounter and meeting, were inherited of celtas English. For the Christians this name derives from the word All Hallows E´en or Day eve of all the Saints.

From where comes?

The customs had their origin in the celebrations of New Year of druidas and the Romans. Like in other festivales of New Year, in this date the deads returned to be between the alive ones. Celtas made human sacrifices and of animals, in honor to the God Samhaím, gentleman of the death.

During the ceremony celtas was disguised with the skins of the sacrificed animals to remove from the town to the demons who visited them and to be able to return on the following day to normality. With ashes and rest of the sacrifices they made a rite to know the following months the future.

Also, sabbath” or celebration of witches was celebrated “. In her, the witches and wizards met to offer sacrifices to Satan, gentleman of the death, by means of rites, sexual acts and death. In the Average Age black cats burned themselves to believe them friends of the witches.

In the United States they began to celebrate this date the small communities of Irish catholics in the middle of century XIX and the tradition to the rest of the planet was scattered, among them Colombia.

Answer 3

it is Halloween...

In some place we call Halloween like "the day of the witches"


And for the record you have to write it like that:

"El Día de las Brujas" or Día de Brujas

Answer 4

It is Halloween. but the Mexican tradition is really called Dia de los Muertos ( day of the dead) its celebrated to remember the loved ones that have past on.

Answer 5

it's the day of trick and treat in Mexico, just like Halloween.

The day of the dead, or El dia de muertos, is something very different. They remember they loved ones that are death and they "help" them to pass over.

Answer 6

It has to be literally "The day of the Witches". It is how some people in Mexico call "Halloween" It does not make any sense but the celebration itself doesn't either does it?

Answer 7

In Spanish, it means "Day of the Witches".

Answer 8

Hi. I think it's the day AFTER Halloween. Same as 'All Saint's Day'.

Answer 9

day of the witches