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Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, takes place over the first two days of November. Its origins are a mixture of Native American traditions and a set of Catholic holidays. The Day of the Dead has its origins from pre-Hispanic civilizations from 2,500 to 3,000 years ago. The celebration is based on the belief that the souls of their loved ones will come back and visit them. 7 5 Millions of monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico every year from the U.S. and Canada, though logging operations are rapidly destroying their habitat 8 6 Only ten countries in the world have a larger population than Mexico’s 110,000,000 people 9 The first great civilization in Mexico were the Olmecs (1400300 B.C.) who established many cities along the eastern coast of Mexico, sculpted the famous Olmec Colossal Heads, and worshipped a mysterious, unnamed god that was part human and part jaguar The Chichen Itza Pyramid in Mexico was named one of the new Seven Wonders of the World 10 Mexico’s size is 756,066 square miles, which is almost three times larger than Texas 69