Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead celebrations can be traced back 3,000 years in Mexico when it was common for people to keep skulls as trophies and symbols of life and rebirth. The modern festival is marked over two days when the living visit the graves of friends and relatives – deceased children are honoured on November 1, adults November 2
  
  


Mexico Day of the Dead
Tzintzuntzan, Mexico: Two men sing in front of a grave surrounded by fresh offerings of flowers and food Photograph: Leopoldo Smith/EPA
Mexico Day of the Dead
Benito Juarez, Mexico: the pantheons at Tlacotepec, a Totanacan village in the Sierra of Puebla Photograph: Ulises Ruiz/EPA
Mexico Day of the Dead
Mexico City, Mexico: a woman prays in front of a relative's grave at the cemetery of San Gregorio Atlapulco Photograph: Luis Acosta/AFP
Mexico Day of the Dead
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico: marigolds and a skull with a sombrero decorate a grave Photograph: Craig Lovell/Corbis
Mexico Day of the Dead
Pomuch, Mexico: Maya Indian Litzy Moo, 7, looks at the bones of her grandmother in a small wooden crate on top of a newly embroidered cloth Photograph: Corbis
Mexico Day of the Dead
Wichita, USA: Irving Elementary fifth-grader Jose Luis Tonche decorates a sugar skull with icing Photograph: Mike Hutmacher/AP
Mexico Day of the Dead
Mexico City: a believer of Saint Death, the favorite saint for the delinquent, puts an offer in the altar during the Day of the Dead celebrations Photograph: Mario Guzman/EPA
Mexico Day of the Dead
Mexico City, Mexico: a Death believer prays during the celebration of Saint Death in the popular Tepito neighborhood Photograph: Mario Guzman/EPA
Mexico Day of the Dead
Mexico City, Mexico: young men with their faces painted, representing death Photograph: Marco Ugarte/AP
Mexico Day of the Dead
Mexico City, Mexico: a giant artwork of a skeleton sits in Zocalo plaza Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP
 

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