All Saints’ Day: This is how people around the world celebrated the Day of the Dead

All Saints' Day is a Christian festival celebrated in honour of all the saints, irrespective of whether they are known widely or not. The Western Churches like the Roman Catholic Church, the Angelic Communion, the Methodist Church, Protestant Churches and the Lutheran Church, all celebrate it on November 1. The Eastern Orthodox Church and associated Eastern Catholic churches celebrate it on the first Sunday after Pentecost. The festival is known by other names like the Day of the Dead, Hallowmas, All Hallows' Day, Feast of All Saints or Solemnity of All Saints. This is how the world celebrated the day with their beloved dead on All Saints' Day. (Source: AP)

A family spread petals on the tomb of their loved one during the commemoration of All Saints Day at a cemetery in Sacatepequez, Guatemala. (Source: Reuters)

A group of dancers pose for a photo before their performance at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery in the shantytown Villa Maria, in Lima, Peru, as part of the Day of the Dead festivities. The holiday honors the deceased and coincides with All Saints Day, and All Souls Day celebrated on November 1 and 2. Dancing, drinking alcohol, and eating with the deceased are part of Day of the Dead celebrations. (Source:AP)

A man paints the grave of a departed relative at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery in the shantytown Villa Maria, in Lima, Peru, on November 1, 2016, as part of the All Saints Day festivities. (Source: AP)

Scissors dancers perform on a grave at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery in the shantytown Villa Maria, in Lima, Peru. (Source: AP)

Priests performs the blessing graves at the Antakalnis Memorial Cemetery for the people who died in the battle of independence during All Saints Day in Vilnius, Lithuania. (Source: AP)

People light candles during All Saints Day at Mirogoj cemetery in Zagreb, Croatia. (Source: Reuters)

A women lights a candle during All Saints Day at Mirogoj cemetery in Zagreb. (Source: Reuters)

In this photo: A tombstone of a deceased pet dog, Max, adorns a grave at a special cemetery for animals in Nowy Konik, near Warsaw, Poland. As Poles remembered their dead on All Saints' Day, a hallowed day in the Catholic calendar, some also remembered their beloved pets.(Source: AP)

A woman holds dolls depicting the folk saint Maximon, during the saint's feast day celebrations in San Andres Itzapa, west of Guatemala City. He is often associated – though not by the official church – with St Simon the Zealot, whose feast day is October 28. But unlike other saints in Latin America, Maximon is seen by his followers as being able to grant both good and evil requests – from helping to yield better crops to finding love to recovering from an illness to taking revenge on an enemy. (Source: AP)

A young girl holds figurines representing La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death, as devotees pay a Day of the Dead visit to a well-known Santa Muerte altar in Tepito, Mexico City. (Source: AP)

A devotee of La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death, carries a statue as he pays a Day of the Dead visit to a well-known Santa Muerte altar in Tepito, Mexico City. (Source: AP)

Devotees of La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death, line up to pay a Day of the Dead visit to a well-known Santa Muerte altar in Tepito, Mexico City. (Source: AP)

A musician rests near a tomb at the Amador cemetery on Day of the Dead in the El Chorrillo neighborhood of Panama City. Families gather at the graves of their departed relatives at this time of the year to celebrate All Saints Day and All Souls Day. (Source: AP)

Ranchi: Christians at the graves of their relatives on All Saints Day in Ranchi. All Saints Day is marked as a feast day celebrated on November 1 by Anglicans and Roman Catholics worldwide. (Source: PTI)

A woman stands near the grave of the people who died in the battle of independence during All Saints Day at the Antakalnis Memorial Cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania. (Source: AP)

A man dressed as "kari kari" performs at a House of Terror during the celebration of All Saints in El Alto, Bolivia. Bolivians from La Paz and El Alto, mostly of Aymara descent, have started to embraced Halloween celebrations introducing characters adapted from their own culture such as the 'kari kari' — a mythical creature that sucks the fat out of its victims and then makes them ill. (Source: AP)

A man dressed as 'condemned Cholita' checks his reflection on a mirror before performing at a House of Terror during the celebration of All Saints in El Alto, Bolivia. Bolivians from La Paz and El Alto, mostly of Aymara descent, have started to embraced Halloween celebrations introducing characters adapted from their own culture such as the 'condemned Cholita.' (Source: AP)

A woman places flowers in a grave during All Saints Day, a Catholic holiday to reflect on the saints and deceased relatives, at the Montjuic cemetery in Barcelona, Spain. (Source: AP)