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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Linus Owens, Middlebury College(THE CONVERSATION) Halloween used to be kid stuff. To quit dressing up was an important rite of passage. It meant you were one step closer to becoming an adult. Not anymore. Today adults have become avid Halloween revelers, especially young adults.By 2005, just over half of adults celebrated Halloween. Today, that number has grown to over 70 percent.

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Regina Hansen, Boston University(THE CONVERSATION) Over the past few decades, Halloween celebrations have gained in popularity, not only with children and families, but with all those fascinated with the spooky and scary. As a scholar of myth andreligion in popular culture, I look at Halloween with particular interest – especially the ways in which today’s Halloween tradition came

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Daniel Wojcik, University of Oregon and Robert Dobler, Indiana University(THE CONVERSATION) At this time of the year, Mexican and Mexican-American communities observe “Día de los Muertos” (the Day of the Dead), a three-day celebration that welcomes the dead temporarily back into families. Festivities begin on the evening of Oct. 31 and culminate on Nov. 2. Spirits of the departed

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ashby Kinch, The University of Montana(THE CONVERSATION) In the Halloween season, American culture briefly participates in an ancient tradition of making the world of the dead visible to the living: Children dress as skeletons, teens go to horror movies and adults play the part of ghosts in haunted houses. But what if the dead played a more active, more participatory role in our