As Mexicans get ready to celebrate Día de Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, parades and processions have taken place in Mexico City and other towns, featuring representations of the character La Catrina, frightful skeletons, and other icons of death and the underworld. The two-day holiday begins on November 1, when people will honor departed family members as they celebrate death as a part of life. Gathered here, a few of the colorful holiday preparations in Mexico over the past week.
Preparing for the Day of the Dead
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Read moreA girl touches part of a huge skeleton made by artisans in a street in the Tláhuac neighborhood of Mexico City on October 28, 2019, ahead of Day of the Dead celebrations. #
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Read moreA woman dressed as Catrina takes part in the Catrinas Parade along Reforma Avenue in Mexico City on October 26, 2019. #
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Read moreParticipants in costume perform during the annual International Day of the Dead Parade in Mexico City on October 27, 2019. #
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Read moreParticipants in costume perform during the annual International Day of the Dead Parade in Mexico City on October 27, 2019. #
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Read moreParticipants walk by in the fourth annual International Day of the Dead Parade in Mexico City on October 27, 2019. #
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Read moreCostumed performers walk in Mexico City during the International Day of the Dead Parade on October 27, 2019. #
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Read moreA group of musicians characterized as Catrinas performs during the Day of the Dead Parade in Mexico City on October 27, 2019. #
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Read morePerformers in costume attend a Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City on October 27, 2019. #
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Read morePeople dressed as Catrina participate in the Festival de la Muerte in the streets of Tlaquepaque, Mexico, prior to Day of the Dead celebrations, on October 27, 2019. #
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Read moreA woman participates in the Festival de la Muerte in the streets of Tlaquepaque on October 27, 2019, prior to Day of the Dead celebrations. #
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Read moreA picture of the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera and the painter Frida Kahlo is seen in an offering made as part of a collaboration between the French designer Jean Paul Gaultier and the Anahuacalli Museum in honor of Rivera, Kahlo, and Mexican culture for the upcoming Day of the Dead, at the museum in Mexico City on October 25, 2019. #
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Read moreIngrid Lopez is made up as Catrina by the artist Ixchel Garcia during a costume and makeup rehearsal for the Mega-Procession of the Catrinas in Mexico City, on October 23, 2019. #
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Read morePerformers in costume attend a Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City on October 27, 2019. #
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Read moreA woman dressed as Catrina takes part in the Catrinas Parade along Reforma Avenue in Mexico City on October 26, 2019. #
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Read moreA balloon in the shape of a skeleton is pictured near participants dressed as monarch butterflies during the annual Day of the Dead Parade in Mexico City on October 27, 2019. #
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Read moreParticipants in costume perform during the annual International Day of the Dead Parade in Mexico City on October 27, 2019. #
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Read moreChildren stand next to a huge skeleton made by artisans in a street in the Tláhuac neighborhood of Mexico City on October 28, 2019. #
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Read moreA man wearing a mask attends the annual Catrinas Parade in Mexico City on October 26, 2019. #
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Read moreA giant figure of Mictlantecuhtli, a pre-Hispanic death deity, during the Day of the Dead Parade in Mexico City on October 27, 2019 #
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Read moreA costumed participant walks in the annual International Day of the Dead Parade in Mexico City on October 27, 2019. #
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