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navegator
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Nov 02, 2015

Dia de los muertos

Today is Dia de Muertos and it is a beautiful morning, a little chilly the hot cup of coffee takes care of that and enjoying a slice of the Dia de muertos (day of the dead) bread, if you can get some at the local bakery (panaderia) I definitlly recommend it.

Today, dia de muertos the tombs in the sementeries are adorned with flowers and offerings of food and drink, some families spend the night at the cementery's and in the morning they have breakfast at the tombs, the island of Janitzeo on the lake of Patzcuaro was the place to watch ancient ritual that was adopted by the Catholic church as well as many other pre Columbus native customs and rituals.

Enjoy the Pan de Muerto with a cup of hot chocolate.

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    MEXICOWANDERER
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    Nov 02, 2015
    It may be helpful to note that 1 November is reserved for honoring los niños muertos and 2 November is for los difuntos adultos.

    Los panteones get thoroughly cleaned and repainted in the days immediately before November, home and graveyard shrines are erected, some of the home shrines are genuine works of art with arranged flowers and elaborate candles and motive candles.

    While chicanos brutos pervert the honor by drunken near-riots in places like Sta Ana and Pomona California the tradition continues in Mexico. The further from the USA the more traditonal and reverent the ceremonies seem to get (numbers wise).

    Where children play Oca, on the tombstones and shrines of their ancestors the observance is most traditional. I much prefer this observance to the commercial mayhem of Halloween which totally ignores a person's ancestors.

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