Happy Halloween!

I don't think they really celebrate this "trick or treat" type of celebration here in Central America.

My Guatemala family told me that their tradition is on November 1st....

"Families remember deceased relatives by constructing small altars in the home, and spend the evening in the local cemetery where they share thoughts, songs and food at their gravesides. Huge kites are made and flown over the cemetary. Children might also receive sweets in the shape of coffins and skeletons"

They believe the spirits walk the streets that night, so everyone stays in the house and has a family dinner. It's a special meal of cold cuts and all kinds of food they eat all on one plate.

I would of liked to have seen this celebration!

http://travelsinparadise.com/guatemala/kites/index.html