I do not know the second question, but it says that day of the dead is celebrated on two days for this reason:
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Forget the association of the word "Gothic" to dark, haunted houses, Wuthering Heights, or ghostly pale people wearing black nail polish and ripped fishnets. The original Gothic style was actually developed to bring sunshine into people's lives, and especially into their churches. To get past the accrued definitions of the centuries, it's best to go back to the very start of the word Gothic, and to the style that bears the name.
The Goths were a so-called barbaric tribe who held power in various regions of Europe, between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the establishment of the Holy Roman Empire (so, from roughly the fifth to the eighth century). They were not renowned for great achievements in architecture. As with many art historical terms, “Gothic” came to be applied to a certain architectural style after the fact.
Symbolic proportion is the deliberate emphasis of objects in a work of art based on its importance as a symbol. This can sometimes also mean that in an artwork where symbolic proportion is applied, religious figures tend to be "bigger" or more emphasized compared to any other element a person may see in the piece.
The artist may have used symbolic proportion to emphasize the importance or prominence of Mary and Jesus Christ - this may be relative to any smaller objects around them in the scene.
A piccolo would produce a higher note in the orchestra. Its a smaller version of a flute and can produce the highest of any notes in the orchestra.
