Topic: Ghosts, Ancestors, and Remembrance
How does Brazil mark Ghosts, Ancestors, and Remembrance?
Dia de Finados
- Local date
- November 2, 2026
Brazil's Day of the Dead is 2 November, a national holiday under Law 662 as amended in 2002. Families go to the cemetery to lay flowers, light candles and tidy the grave, while churches hold memorial Masses. It runs on from All Saints' Day on 1 November, but the day off is the second. November is late spring south of the equator, so tending graves does not carry the bleak seasonal feeling it has in the northern hemisphere.
What is this topic?
This guide looks at Ghosts, Ancestors, and Remembrance through dates, relationships, and local differences. It does not assume that every household or community follows the same practice.
Sources and dates
Dates follow local time zones, calendars, and official notices. Check the source when a date is estimated or locally variable.