In Mexico, a celebration of life with skulls, skeletons, & devils

People attend a parade along Reforma Avenue in Mexico City, Mexico, on November 2, 2019, marking the Day of the Dead. (Photo by AFP)

Giant skulls, skeleton floats, devils, and Catrinas flooded the streets of Mexico City to celebrate the Day of the Dead and welcome back the spirits of the dead among the living.

More than 3,000 artists, jugglers, acrobats, and puppets with striking costumes and face paint paraded to the rhythm of Mexican traditional music despite the heavy rain, in the day that sees Mexican families gathering to pray and remember friends and family members who have died.

According to the tradition, families offer food, drinks, and prayers to the spirits who come back to celebrate life with the living world. Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, dates back to old Aztec traditions and takes place in major Mexican cities and small towns on November 1 and 2.

(Source: AFP)


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