This custom, also known as Día de los Muetos, dates back thousands of years ago. Today, the festival attracts tourists to experience Mexico.
Festival Día de los Muetos (Day of the Dead) is held annually on the first 2 days of November in Mexico. The festival originated a few thousand years ago in the city of Oaxaca, in the southeast of this country. Traditionally, people place flowers, candles, and dishes during the visit to the cemetery in Oaxaca on the evening of October 30. Photo: National Geographic.
Visitors who want to experience the Mexican death festival need to choose the correct time to not be confused with Halloween. Photo: Independent.
During the celebration, the altar is placed in the private house and the cemetery. This is a place to welcome dead souls back to reunite with their families. This sacred corner is covered with white towels, plastered with vignettes, placed photos of family members with small candles and dolls. Photo: Getty.
Marigold is indispensable for Día de los Muetos. This is a flower symbolizing the sun and rebirth. According to folklore, the scent of flowers attracts souls. According to custom, family members spread petals from the altar to the cemetery, in public places to lead the wandering soul back to the resting place. Photo: newyorklatinculture
In many countries, the day of commemorating the deceased often brings a mourning and sad atmosphere. However, the Mexican Día de los Muetos festival brings bright colors, filled with happiness. Photo: National Geographic.
People often gather, celebrate with families, organize street parties, parade, dance to music. In many towns there are parades "dancing with the dead". Here, participants will dress up with colorful masks, skeletons and puppets. Photo: National Geographic.
The Día de los Muetos festival is indispensable for traditional dishes. Food is made mainly from cornstarch, sugar, chocolate or fruit depending on the taste of each family. Some typical dishes of the festival of the dead are such as skull chocolate candies, bone-shaped breads, sweet fermented beverages made from agave resin ... Photo: AGCuesta, Geographic.
One of the places to hold the unique Día de los Muetos festival is the outskirts of Oaxaca city. This place preserves many handicraft villages such as weaving, embroidery, wood carving, typically San Bartolo de Coyotopec with black pottery. Photo: National Geographic.
In 2008, the festival of the dead (Día de los Muertos) in Mexico was recognized by UNESCO as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Photo: National Geographic.
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