Chile Events and Festivals

11/01/2008 - 11/01/2008All Saints Day (Dia de los Muertos)

All Saints Day is a national holiday in Chile and, as in many other Latin American countries, it is also The Day of the Dead. Although less exuberant and macabre than in Mexico, celebrations take place widely in Chile too. People honour their forbears on this day; make offerings to their ancestor's souls, hold vigils at gravesides and build shrines to deceased loved ones. Events are usually unstructured and may take place anywhere from a private household to a public square or a cemetery