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Personal Narrative: The Day Of The Dead

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The day of the dead
I found this reading to be insightful yet strange, I didn’t have much knowledge of the day of the dead I only heard of the day when a coworker of mine asked me to switch shifts because he could not work that day. I was told he could not work, he could only send the day paying respect to his dead ancestors. After reading this chapter I understand how disrespectful my coworker would have been if he had gone to work. In my family, we pay respects on the deceased persons birthday unlike the Hispanics we really on celebrate the people we were the closest with. We don’t set aside food or clothes for them nor do me make out a list of names. Honestly, I don’t know much about my ancestors.

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