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Speaker 1: Eldea del Muerte or Day of the Dead, is actually

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Speaker 1: a two day celebration of the lives of loved ones

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Speaker 1: who've died. Its origin is in Mexico, but it lives

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Speaker 1: on around the world.

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Speaker 2: The soul doesn't die, it's always alive, and every year

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Speaker 2: on Day of the Dead, it comes back. The souls

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Speaker 2: of loved ones, their spirits come back, and that's why

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Speaker 2: we create an altar.

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Speaker 1: Abby Sandable Fossil of Harvard's PbD Museum says the altar

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Speaker 1: is filled with things to welcome the dead back to

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Speaker 1: the land of the living.

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Speaker 2: So the flowers of Sanbasucci, the fragrance helps guide them,

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Speaker 2: the food, the smells, everything is connected to the smells,

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Speaker 2: the music. That is all meant to help guide the

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Speaker 2: spirits to where they're supposed to come visit us. And

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Speaker 2: then the food gives them sussenance to make the journey

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Speaker 2: back to the world of the dead.

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Speaker 1: Coming on the heels of Halloween. Elda Delmuerte is often

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Speaker 1: confused with trigg or treating. Latinos are quick to point

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Speaker 1: out it is part of their cultural heritage, separate from

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Speaker 1: American popular culture. Mike Macklin WBZ Boston's news radio