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Paean to the dead

Paean to the dead

Nov 28, 2015, at 05:50 pm

Caught up in the spirit of the famous Halloween festival parade in New York recently, and intrigued by the opening scene of the parade for the dead in the latest Bond film Spectre, Ranjita Biswas tries to dig into the origin of the tradition and discovers it is embedded in ancient fear of the unknown, evil spirits and dark nights

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Paean to the dead Sat, Nov 28 2015