BURIAL TRADITIONS
GLOBAL TRADITIONS HONORING THE DEAD
CEMETERY + GRAVE DIGGING
HORROR POPULAR MEDIA
HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN
200

What music genre is sometimes played in New Orleans during a burial?

Jazz

200

What is made at the end of the Japanese festival Obon to guide the spirits back to rest?

Lanterns

200

What US state has the most cemeteries?

Tennessee, with 33,000

200

What Disney movie tells the story of a boy named “Miguel” who explores the Land of the Dead on Dia de Los Muertos?

Coco

200

How is the Black Cat associated with Halloween?

Bringers of bad luck, associated with witches, roots in beliefs of witches avoiding detection by turning into black cats

400

What burial method was common in Nordic countries, also displayed in TV shows such as Game of Thrones?

Setting a ship containing the body alight

400

When is the Chinese Holiday , the Double Nine Festival held?

Ninth day of the Ninth Lunar Month

400

How many registered cemeteries are there in the US?

20,272

400

In the Nightmare Before Christmas, who is the Pumpkin king that tries to take over Christmas?

Jack Skellington

400

What was the original function for costumes in Halloween celebrations?

A) Frighten the souls that return to protect family
B) Blend in with the spirits and deceive them into believing you are one of them

600

Describe how moksha is connected to the concept of death in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism.

The liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth

600

Pchum Ben is held in Cambodia and is one of the longest celebrations of the dead, how many days does the festival span?

15 days

600

Where is what is thought to be the Oldest cemetery in the world?

Taforalt cave in Morrocco

600

What movie is set on Halloween and follows 3 (three) witch sisters who come back to life in Salem, Massachusetts?

Hocus Pocus

600

How did Trick or Treating find roots in the United States?

Borrowing from European Traditions, dress up in costume and go around asking for money or food.

800

What are burial methods found across Indigenous Cultures?

Cremation, Mortuary Pole, Tree Burial, Earth Burial

800

Like Mexico, Haiti also has a day of the dead, what is it called?

Guédé

800

Where or when did the tradition of wearing dark colors to a funeral start?

Its believed to have started in Roman times

800

This catrina known for her skull-themed makeup and Dia de Los Muertos-inspired style, has ties to Mexican Folklore. Who is she?

La Muerte

800

When is All Martyrs Day and All Souls Day?

Nov. 1 – All Saints Day (Christian saints honored)
Nov. 2 – All Souls Day (All souls honored)

1000

Describe the ceremony of Famadihana (“The Turning of the Bones”).

Bones of ancestors are exhumed, worn cloth is replaced with new cloth. This celebration includes customary preparation of vary be menaka (rice + “much fat”)

1000

Fiesta de las Ñatitas from Bolivia centers around venerating and holding parties around this macabre item.

The skulls of their loved ones

1000

What is the more offical term for a "Bone Church?"

Ossuaries, meaning a place to store human bones

1000

This graphic novel tells the story of a girl who crosses into the afterlife on Dia de Los Muertos to save her mother’s soul

Ghosts

1000

Describe the origin of Halloween. What is the Celtic festival of Samhain?

Marked the end of summer/harvest and beginning of dark, cold winter where the boundary between living and dead was blurred.

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