Mexicans in the state of Oaxaca are celebrating the Day of the Dead.
People hold candles over a tomb decorated with flowers at a cemetery in Atzompa, Mexico, late Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. In a tradition that coincides with All Saints Day on Nov. 1 and All Souls Day on Nov. 2, families decorate graves with flowers and candles and spend the night in the cemetery, eating and drinking as they keep company with their dearly departed. – SANTA MARÍA ATZOMPA, MéAna Martínez is eager to welcome her deceased loved ones back home.celebrations every Nov.
“For us, that arch is a portal so that they can reach our house,” she said. “We also create a path of flowers to the door as a welcoming sign.” On this date, Oaxacans don’t honor death but rather their ancestors, said the local secretary of culture, Victor Cata. “It’s a celebration of those with whom we shared a time and a roof, who were flesh and blood like us.”
María Martínez, 58, paid a visit to her late husband by noon. “I do feel that they are returning today but I also think they are with us daily, not just on this date,” she said.
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