Everywhere Miguel looked, people were preparing for their loved ones to return from the Land of the Dead by hanging colorful papel picado and laying marigold petals at their doorways.

放眼望去，家家户户都忙着系挂彩色的西剪纸，在门口铺上万寿菊花，心爱的人从亡灵之地归来。

Next stop on our tour of departed souls...

亡灵之旅的下一站。

Famous atheists mocked them and then capitulated themselves to the mysteries of the spirit world: like Annie Besant, a social reformer who ended up as a credulous theosophist.

一些有名的无神论者先是对这种行为嗤之以鼻, 之后却纷纷投入神秘的亡灵之域。例如，一位叫安妮.本森特的社会改革家，最后却成了一名轻信的见神论者。

What do you think about when you hear Day of the Dead?

你听到亡灵节的时候，想到了什么？

I'm here to pick up my undead cat and child.

我来取我的亡灵和小孩。

In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November.

在西，亡灵节是在月初。

It's this parade in Mexico City ahead of the annual Day of the Dead.

在西亡灵节到来之际 西城正在举行游行。

My death would stop the wraith and Arthur would live.

我的死能让亡灵安息这样亚瑟才能活下来。

Mexicans honor their dead on November 1st and 2nd.

西亡灵节是每年的11月1日和2日。

San Antonio is the second largest city in Texas and the seventh largest city in the United States and they also have the largest Dia de los Muertos Celebration, (Day of the Dead celebration) outside of Mexico.

圣安东尼奥是得克萨斯州的第二大城市，也是美国的第七大城市，他们还拥有西以外最大的亡灵节庆祝活动。

She had to lay down food and water there, as well as prayer-ties of sweet willow-bark tobacco that could soothe and heal the spirits of the dead.

她必须下车留下一些食物和饮水，以及可以抚慰和治愈亡灵的装着甜柳树皮烟草的祈祷束袋。

Each of the dog's heads has an equal chance of being the one to bite each time, and no two ever bite simultaneously.

三头狗的三个头咬亡灵的概率都是均等的，只有一个头能够伸出来咬亡灵。

Caring for the dead was thought to discourage spirits from sticking around, and a lot of those plants happened to preserve the bodies.

埃及人认为，对死者身体进行护理可以阻止亡灵继续逗留，而这些香料恰好具有保存尸体的作用。

Day of the Dead: People often attribute Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, as a Mexican version of Halloween.

人们常将亡灵节，或 Dia de los Muertos，视为西版本的万圣夜。

Osiris became the judge and lord of the dead, who would meet everyone from kings to commoners when death finally took them.

奥西里斯成为亡灵的审判者和主宰，当死亡最终带走他们时，他将与从国王到平民的所有人见面。

Dia de Los Muertos honors the memory of loved ones who have died. But it also celebrates the continuation of life.

亡灵节是为了缅怀已逝的所爱之人，但同时也庆祝生命的延续。

She says this will help people to mourn and heal echoing the core idea of traditional Dia de los Muertos.

她说，这将帮助人们哀悼和疗伤，呼应了传统的亡灵节的核心理念。

The same creator who names the stars also knows the names of the seven souls we mourn today.

给群星命名的造物主也知道我们今天缅怀的七位亡灵的名字。

A prayer for the dead next to a lone pine tree, the only one survived the 2011 tsunami.

2011年海啸发生时，仅一棵松树存活，人们在这棵树下悼念亡灵。

Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world.

成千上万只灯笼慢慢漂向大海，指引着亡灵返回另一个世界。