On Fri, 24 Nov 2023, John Cowan wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 12:12 AM Peter Yardley <
> peter.martin.yardley@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The *Day* of the Dead is the 1st of November, All Hallows' Day or All
> Saints' Day, or the Feast of All Saints, which memorializes all the saints
> unknown and uncanonized.  (The 2nd of November is All Souls' Day or
> Soulmas, or the Feast of All the Faithful Departed.)

I thought the Day of the Dead was equivalent to All Souls' Day, rather 
than All Saints' Day.

-uso.