The pre-hispanic civilisations believed death is just a continuation of life and that you could communicate with the dead. This tradition has evolved into the Day of the Dead. Families create memorials in thier houses and then have a party on the loved ones graves. Bringing all the things they loved, with an emphasis on food, drink and music.
The result is one big party
Over the years Mexicans incorporated all sorts of alien influences, such as Christianity, into the Day of the Dead and now they have included Halloween. 
So the celebrations have spread from the homes and cemetaries onto the streets
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