Day of the Dead in Mexico

Festival Location: All Areas, Mexico

Festival Type(s): National Festivals, Traditional Festivals, Family Festivals

Featured Festival: Day of the Dead in Mexico

This wonderful selection of Day of the Dead photos taken by Mary Andrade. For more of Mary's Day of the Dead photos on 2camels check out gallery 1 and gallery 3. For a wealth of information on all things Day of the Dead related please visit Mary's websites - Day of the Dead, Dia de Muertos and Day of the Dead Blog.

Day of the Dead in Mexico, All Areas, Mexico photo

New altar with offerings in Arantepakua, a small village in the P'urhepecha Plateau in the State of Michoacan

Altar with offerings at the House of Culture in the City of Puebla, State of Puebla

New Altar with offerings in Ocotepec, State of Morelos

Altar at Government Palace in the city of Puebla, State of Puebla

New Altar with offerings in Santa Fe de la Laguna, State of Michoacán

New altar with offerings in San Pedro Zacan, a village in the P'urhepecha plateau in the State of Michoacan

Style of altar in the town of Mixquic, near Mexico City

Night vigil in the cemetery of Cucuchucho - State of Michoacan

View of the cemetery during the vigil in the village of San Lorenzo, in the P'urhepecha Plateau - State of Michoacan

Tomb covered with cempasuchitl flowers - Cemetery of Tzurumutaro, State of Michoacan

Day of the Dead in Mexico Video

Mexico's Day of the Dead (dia de los muertos) where deceased family members take centre stage. For two days at the beginning of November each year the people of Mexico gather at graveyards to honour those that have passed before them. Mariachis play, incesnse burns and the atmosphere is more one of fiesta than wake, so is the Mexican attitude to death. Check out the doco type vid on Mecxico's Day of the Dead.