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How James Bond Created a Mexican Dia de los Muertos Tradition

How James Bond Created a Mexican Dia de los Muertos Tradition

Ridiculous History

April 26, 201825m 40s

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Show Notes

The Day of the Dead is a longstanding traditional celebration in Mexico, and currently hundreds of thousands of people associate it with a gigantic parade -- you know, like the one they saw in the James Bond film ''Spectre''. There's just one strange twist about that parade: before the movie, the procession didn't exist. Join Ben and Noel as they trace the weird evolution of this event from fiction to the real world.

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