Festivals of the Dead
Some festivals are(61)___(hold )to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors,(62)___might returneither to help or to do (63)___(harmful)..For the Japanese festival,Obon,people should go to cleangraves and light incense in memory(64)___their ancestors.They also light lamps and playmusic because they think that this(65)___(lead ) the ancestors back to earth..In Mexico,people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November.(66)___this important feast Day,people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with"bones"on them.They offerFood,flowers and gifts to the dead.The Western holiday Halloween also had its originin old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people.It is now a children'sfestival,when they can dress up and go to their neighbours'homes(67)___(ask) ask forsweets.(68)___the neighbours do not give any(69)___(sweet ),the children might play(70)___ trick onthem.