Overview
- All Saints’ Day falls on November 1 and is a public holiday only in Baden‑Württemberg, Bavaria, North Rhine‑Westphalia, Rhineland‑Palatinate and Saarland.
- As a designated quiet holiday, state laws limit entertainment, with dance bans that vary by state, including a full‑day ban in Bavaria.
- Catholics mark the day with church services, cemetery visits and candles, followed by All Souls’ on November 2 to remember all the departed.
- Mexico’s Day of the Dead runs from October 31 to November 2, featuring family ofrendas and public parades with music to welcome returning souls.
- Rooted in pre‑Hispanic beliefs and later aligned with Catholic observance, the tradition highlights cempasúchil, papel picado, sugar skulls and La Catrina, and has been on UNESCO’s intangible heritage list since 2008.