How Halloween differs around the world
In Mexico, the celebrations last three days
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Your support makes all the difference.Halloween is rather differently worldwide, and depending on the countries, not even at the same time of year.
In some places there are no pumpkins nor tricking nor treating, the customs that we're so used to.
The video above compiles five different Halloween traditions practiced around the world.
In Hong Kong, the festivity is called Yue Lan - or the Festival of the Hungry Ghosts - and citizens believe that ghosts roam the word for 24 hours. To ease the spirits, it is tradition to burn fruit and money. It happens in August and operas are also held on temporary bamboo stages performed to praise the dead.
Mexicans call Halloween El Dia de los Muertos and celebrate it in an intense and festive way. For three days at the end of October, people take to the streets in several towns and make altars with flowers and food. They paint their faces, dance and sing and light candles to help the spirits find their way back home.
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