The Day of the Dead

Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Podcast

Believing the Bizarre | Paranormal Podcast

Society & Culture, Science, Comedy, Natural Sciences

4.7 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

This week, we explore the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos), a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd when the gates of heaven are believed to open, allowing children's spirits to return on the first day and adults' spirits on the second day.
We discuss how the holiday originated from a combination of Mesoamerican rituals, European religion, and Spanish culture, including an ancient Aztec belief system where the dead had to overcome nine challenging levels to reach the city of the dead. Families create ofrendas (altars) with photos, favorite foods, personal items, and traditional elements like candles, salt, and bread to welcome back their deceased loved ones.
Then, we dive into several personal encounters, including stories of a woman hearing mysterious singing near her ofrenda, a man being walked home by his deceased father's friend, and a widow's husband experiencing a powerful connection with his late father through an ofrenda.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Is there a day where the veil becomes thin between life and death?
0:04.2	What would you say to your lost loved ones if you had the chance?
0:08.4	Why do ancient traditions still impact Latino culture today?
0:12.9	Today we test the believability of the Day of the Dead. Welcome to Belmont.
0:44.7	Welcome to Believing the Bazaar, where we dive into the unknown and the unusual.
0:47.3	And tell you whether or not we find it believable.
0:50.4	This will come out after the day of the dead, unfortunately.
0:51.9	But when's the day of the dead?
0:55.6	As of today, the recording of this, which is Halloween, how cool is that?
0:56.4	Yeah.
0:57.1	It is tomorrow.
0:57.7	Very.
0:59.3	So tomorrow's the day of the dead, not today?
0:59.6	Yes, yes.
1:00.1	Okay.
1:01.0	So November 1st.
1:04.4	November 1st, well, technically midnight at Halloween Eve.
1:06.4	As soon as the clock strikes 12. Thank you to everyone who attended our live Halloween special from West Virginia covering the trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum.
1:15.0	That was wild.
1:15.8	Special thank you to Matthew and Parker.
1:19.6	I can't make his name longer.
1:20.8	It is Parker.
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