Many people greet the New Year in the cemetery. Why does Chile have this tradition of welcoming the New Year?

The custom of welcoming the New Year in Talka, a small town in central Chile, was first initiated by a local family. They broke into the cemetery on New Year's Eve, hoping to accompany their deceased relatives on the night of welcoming the New Year. Therefore, the custom of welcoming new visitors to cemeteries in Talka has become popular, and more and more local people choose to spend the New Year in cemeteries to accompany their deceased relatives. The cemetery in Talka Town will open at eleven o'clock on New Year's Eve. Local residents came to the cemetery with candles and lights, and seemed to regard New Year's Eve as another "Day of the Dead".

In Latin America, it is not surprising to choose to accompany the deceased in the cemetery to welcome the New Year. Mexico, Chile and other Latin American countries have similar experiences, that is, being colonized by Spanish colonists. While Spain colonized Latin America, it also spread the Catholic faith to South America.

We are all familiar with the Catholic holiday "Halloween" in June 1 65438+1 October1,and the "Day of the Dead" which combines Indian indigenous culture is165438+1and.

On the Day of the Dead, residents of Mexico, Chile and other Latin American countries will wear skull masks and dress up as skeletons. In Latin American culture, death is not the end of life, but the beginning of a new stage of life cycle. Latin American residents will choose to come to the cemetery on the Day of the Dead, and they will hold parties in the cemetery to celebrate the festival with their dead relatives and friends. The custom of residents in Talka, Chile, coming to the cemetery for the New Year's Eve is obviously a continuation of the custom of the Day of the Dead.