As the veil between worlds thins on Halloween night, with skeletons rattling and ghosts whispering, we unwittingly partake in an ancient ritual of confronting mortality. This echoes the Danse Macabre , or “Dance of Death,” a haunting medieval allegory that reminds us death comes for all, regardless of status. Born in the 14th century amid the Black Death’s devastation, which claimed up to 60% of Europe’s population, the Danse Macabre emerged as a cultural response to plague a