Day of the Dead Celebration in Mexico

Festival Location: All Areas, Mexico

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

Featured Festival: Day of the Dead Celebration 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 2 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 Celebration in Mexico, All Areas, Mexico photo

Calaca craft exclusive to the celebration - State of Michoacan

A little boy participates in a parade in Tzintzuntzan - State of Michoacan

A young girl plays with a skeleton made of straw in Tzintzuntzan - State of Michoacan

A partial view of the people in the cemetery of San Lorenzo - State of Michoacan

An older woman covers the tomb with petals of cempasuchitl flowers. Cemetery of San Lorenzo, State of Michoacan

A little girl participates in a parade in Tzintzuntzan - State of Michoacan

Altar at the Diego Rivera Museum Studio in Mexico City

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

Night vigil in the cemetery of Cucuchucho - State of Michoacan

Vigil in the cemetery of Ihuatzio - State of Michoacan

Day of the Dead Celebration 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.