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Day of the Dead

Muro de Los Muertos by Efren Gonzalez (detail)
The most popular festival in Mexico and rapidly becoming one of the most popular throughout the world.

The ONE best place to celebrate Day of the Dead

Here is a series of posts about the basics of the festival:


Day of the Dead #1: Beyond pumpkins, candy, costumes and spider webs

Day of the Dead #2: Fancy-dressed skeletons

Day of the Dead #3: Three Deaths
 
Day of the Dead #4:Ancestor Reclamation Project

Day of the Dead #5: 3 quick overview videos

Day of the Dead #6: The Legend of the Cempasúchil Flower

Day of the Dead #7: An experience of death in Guanajuato

Day of the Dead #8: Ajijic Wall of the Dead for the Living

Day of the Dead #9: Food for living and dead

Day of the Dead #10: Choosing the ancestors for your altar

Day of the Dead #11: Creating an Altar - do it your way

Day of the Dead #12: Beauty, grace, and an unexpected hollowness

 

Interesting places to celebrate Día de Los Muertos


Romerillo, Chiapas
Día de los Muertos: Romerillo, Chiapas
Dia de los Muertos: Zinacantán & Chamula

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art of  Día de Los Muertos

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