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Skeleton marching bands join in Mexico City’s Day of the Dead parade

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU
November 5, 2023 561 Views

Thousands of people turned out Saturday to watch Mexico City’s Day of the Dead parade as costumed dancers, drummers and floats took a festive turn down the Paseo de la Reforma boulevard all the way to the historic colonial main square. There were marching bands disguised as skeletons and dancers with skull face paint performing in Indigenous costumes. The smell of traditional resinous copal incense hung heavy over the parade. Participants take part in a James Bond- inspired Day of the Dead Parade, in Mexico City, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme) A skeleton drum group pounded out a samba-style beat, while blocks away dancers swirled long skirts painted to resemble the wings of monarch butterflies, which traditionally return to spend the winter in Mexico around ...

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The Day of the Dead in Mexico is a celebration for the 5 senses

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November 2, 2023 553 Views

The Day of the Dead in Mexico smells like cempasuchil flowers and copal incense. It has a sweet taste. Sounds and colors abound. There are photos, candles and music all over. The hands of artisans prepare the altars to honor their ancestors. Although it is an intangible tradition, borne down from pre-Hispanic cultures, Day of the Dead is also a celebration for all the senses —even if one of them is failing you. Gerardo Ramírez, who over the years become almost blind, sums it all up in one line: “You honor people, you connect with the past.” THE SMELL THAT GUIDES YOU FROM THE UNDERWORLD Together, two smells show dead souls the way out of the underworld: cempasúchil — a type of marigold whose name means “flower of 20 petals in Náhuatl language” — and a tree resin called copal burne...

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