PHOTO SARKA VANCUROVA, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
October 30 and 31 are devoted to preparation, especially of the graves. Now that the cemeteries are open again after two years of being closed due to the pandemic, people are coming to clean, paint and scrub the tombstones to make them ready for the arrival of the spirits.
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1er November is the Day of Faithful Spirits (Dia de los fieles muertos), dedicated to little angels, los angelitos, which represent children who died at a very young age. It is commemorated by processions of children in each district of the city, accompanied by music and sweets.
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The Sanchez Flores Family, aka The Addams Family, at the Children’s Spirits Celebration.
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On the night of 1er on November 2, death is honored with joy and gaiety, with parades of dance and music. Adult spirits are invited to earth by the smell of copal and cempasúchil.
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In Mexico, it is customary to hire a band to play the music that the dead listened to when they were alive. During the celebration called La Vela, the band HS Northern Music was hired to play at the grave of Juan Alberto Bartolono.
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Folk dancers during death processions in central Oaxaca
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The sculpture titled surrender (Redemption) by artist Manuel Miguel stands out among the small houses of Oaxaca.