In places like Wales, Ancestors' Day, again 1 November, is known as Calan Gaeaf. This continues even today.

The Irish-Scottish people worship their ancestral goddess Cailleach (notably looking like Kali in depiction) as a 'Kula Devata'. But later Christian missionaries have changed the meaning of this word to 'witch'. It is only now that some Irish-Scottish people have started worshiping their ancestral deity in the same place as before.

In Korea, ancestor worship is called Jeraye. This is done every year on the day on the day the person passed away, as Hindus do.

Korea's Catholics, Buddhists, and even non-religious people pay homage to their elders on Charye Day. Protestantism strictly represses this.

The Philippines was once a Hindu country. Even after the forced conversion to Catholicism by the Portuguese, ancestors are still worshiped there.

They had taken the Halloween day to celebrate the ancestors. Like Hindus, Filipinos as well hold that after a certain period of time, the elders are reborn.

The Chinese consider their ancestor worship as their main religion. Even converts continue to practice ancestor worship.

In Thailand, the day of worshiping their ancestors is called Phaun Phii (Spirit Dance).

Many Europeans are now reverting to their ancient Kula Devata worship and to ancestor worship. In many places, temples to ancestral gods are being restored and old forms of worship being revived. This is now known in Europe as 'Modern Paganism'.

Rodnovery among Ukraine, Poland and Russia is an example. It is a popular new paganism called Rodnovery that is spreading across regions in those countries.

The Main pillars of this new movement is worshipping their 'Kula Devata' Rod along with ancestors.

Hellenism, the new pagan religion that celebrates Zeus, Apollo along with ancestors is too rising among Greeks.

Almost every region in the world is rediscovering its roots, albeit slowly.

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