4. The Pangangaluluwa
Where: The Philippines
Expense: Not specified
Pangangaluluwa, or All Saints Day, is celebrated in the Philippines annually and is comparable to Halloween in the West. In Pangangaluluwa, kids don ghost costumes and rap on doors to receive candies and confections in return.
Pangaluwa ©Wikimedia/Holger Motzkau
Along with visiting their departed relatives’ cemeteries, Filipinos also go back to their hometowns and occasionally spend the night there. On Pangangaluluwa, the family celebrates the life and death of the deceased by playing games, eating, and paying tribute to their lives. This is done all night long.