All Saints Day in Spain (Todos Los Santos) takes place on November 1st. It is a national public holiday when people honor the saints and remember all the dead. Spanih people visit the local cemeteries and lay flowers on the graves of their deceased relatives.
As well as the religious side, we cannot forget the typical sweets of these days: people eat "huesos de santo’ (saint’s bones), which are made of marzipan dough rolled into thick thumb-size tubes and filled with sweet egg yolk.
One of the All Saints’ traditions across Spain is the performing of the play Don Juan Tenorio, written by José Zorrilla. It is a story of Don Juan's choice between salvation and damnation. The third act of the play is set in a cemetery where Don Juan expresses his regrets and begs forgiveness at the tomb of his fiancee, Doña Ines, for abandoning her.
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