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The transition from fall to winter is a time filled with ghosts, ghouls and celebrations, when the gates to the underworld are thought to be open, and spirits from the other side mingle with the mortals. While Americans are drinking pumpkin-spice lattes, trick-or-treating and carving jack-o-lanterns this month, cultures across the world are gearing up for their own spooky-season traditions. From Hong Kong's Hungry Ghost Festival to Mexico's Día de los Muertos to Haiti's Fat Gede, here are the ways people welcome otherworldly spirits and souls. Halloween United States Early iterations of trick-or-treating began in the Middle Ages. Then called...
