Question

Regional celebrations concurrent with this holiday involve cooking chicken wrapped in the shape of a cake under a layer of banana leaves and dirt in a piib oven. (-5[1])A figure evoked in this holiday was inspired by a 1910s zinc etching of a woman donning an umbrella-shaped hat adorned with flowers and (10[1])feathers and (-5[1])named “Catrina.” (10[5])This (10[1])holiday (10[2])evokes (10[1])the four elements (10[2]-5[1])with colorful tissue (10[1])paper squares (10[1])as air (10[2])and (10[1])bread (10[2])covered in pink (10[1])sugar (-5[1])as earth. (10[3])This multi-day holiday (-5[1])always includes All Souls’ Day. (10[6]-5[5])Dedicatees (10[4])of this (10[1])holiday (10[3])are guided (-5[1])by marigold (10[1])flowers (10[3])to shrines (10[3])called (10[2])ofrendas (10[3])that are (10[2])decorated (10[1])with sugar (10[1])skulls. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])name this Mexican holiday (10[1])that celebrates deceased loved ones. (10[2])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Dia de los Muertos [or Dia de Muertos or Day of the Dead; accept Hanal Pixan or Janal Pixan; prompt on November 1st or November 2nd; prompt on All Souls’ Day until read; prompt on All Saints’ Day or Dia de los Inocentes with “what other holiday does it coincide with?”] (The first line refers to Mayan celebrations of Day of the Dead.)
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Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY10100%0%20%83.80
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%50%97.75
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY1100%0%0%96.00
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2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%0%73.75
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%0%67.22

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jesse MindleNC StateLiberty B27-5
Rahul Jogadhenu (DII)UCLA CUSC5110
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)CWRU A (UG) 53-5
Anna KuangCornell EU of Rochester A5510
Jack Stuhlman (DII)Lehigh B (DII)NYU A (UG)5510
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Rutgers A (UG)5510
Owen McCoyIllinois DNotre Dame B5510
Owen AshbrookIowa BPurdue B5510
Theodor MartinWashU BIndiana5610
Matthew WestleyPurdue AIowa A5710
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame ANorthwestern A5710
Zander SchwartzVanderbilt AGeorgia Tech D5810
Orion KellerVirginia Tech AVCU6110
Ivan Karp (UG)UCLA BUCSD61-5
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Columbia B6110
Stephen Barstys (UG)Michigan B (UG)Ohio State A (UG) 6410
Alec RisoCornell DBinghamton A6610
Coy MierAuburn CMississippi State A6810
Abby KeithLiberty BNC State6810
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell CRIT B6910
Ben Spirtas (DII)Maryland B (DII)Princeton A (UG)7010
Max KoldaNotre Dame CChicago B7010
Aarav Kakad (DII)UCLA EClaremont C7310
Alex WyrickTennessee AAlabama A74-5
Ava Del ColloClemson BBelmont7610
Anna Figge (DII)Claremont BUCLA D7610
William FosterChicago AWashU A7610
Peter Zeng (DII)Ohio State B (DII) Michigan C 79-5
Gregory StoneESFRIT C84-5
Varun Ambalavanan (DII)CWRU C (UG)Michigan D (UG)84-5
Venkat Das (DII)West Virginia A (UG) Miami B (UG) 8410
Dennis Yang (DII)Michigan A (UG) West Virginia B (UG) 84-5
Rafeed Rahman TurjyaGeorgia AFurman84-5
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech BClemson A8410
Connor RonanSouth Carolina BVanderbilt B84-5
Andrea OwusuDuke AAppalachian State B8410
Summer SolisJames Madison AAppalachian State A8410
Zachary Leblang (DII)Penn B (DII)Bard A (UG)8410
Wade Rogers (DII)Fordham AColumbia A (UG)8410
Brian ChenCornell GCornell A8510
Allison CoxWilliam & MaryLiberty A8510
Karl Wang (DII)UCLA AClaremont A8510
Vedh Ramesh (DII)Penn A (DII)NYU B8510
Azura GollamudiNorthwestern BIllinois C8710
Nayel TekleCornell BBinghamton B8810
Gabi SmithAuburn ASouth Carolina A8810
Gabi SmithAuburn ASouth Carolina A8810
Jake CobovicBinghamton CCornell F90-5
Sophia ArnoldSIUEPurdue C9210
Aidan RoulletRIT ASyracuse9310
Kara Braun (DII)Michigan State B Miami C (DII) 9310
Mac DixonEmory OxfordTennessee B9310
Lise ObuduluRIT CESF9510
Victor BenderPenn StateU of Rochester B9510
Victor BenderPenn StateU of Rochester B9510
Tai BelkeUBC AUW Wrath9610
Chase Barrick (DII)Lehigh A (UG)Rutgers B9610
Elizabeth LarkinCornell FBinghamton C9710
Peter Ballas (DII)Michigan C Ohio State B (DII) 9710
Zoe BrennanVirginia Tech BJames Madison B9710
Cohen WiegersEmory AGeorgia Tech C9910
Malachi LedfordTusculumVirginia9910
Jeffery FloydSouthernAuburn B10010
Dylan MissalAlabama ATennessee A10210
Ryan DiBacco (UG)West Virginia B (UG) Michigan A (UG) 10310
Michael EngUNC DDuke B10310
Gentry DowdyLiberty CUNC B10610
Matthew Kelley (DII)Michigan D (UG)CWRU C (UG)11010
Matthew Stall (DII)CWRU B (DII) Ohio State C (DII) 11510
Sumukh Murthy (UG)UCSDUCLA B11510
Ruchir Kodihalli (UG)CWRU A (UG) Jefferson County Scholars (DII)11610
Hayes BrownFurmanGeorgia A11610
James ZhaoVanderbilt BSouth Carolina B11610