DiaDeLosMuertos A Day of Rememberance, Connection, and Reflection

Every year families gather to take time to honor and remember their deceased loved ones also known as the Mexican celebration, Dia de Muertos. A celebration that takes place at the end of October and beginning of November, Dia de Muertos is a joyful festivity filled with color, singing, and love. A holiday where the gates of heaven are opened for a brief reunion with family, during this brief period, the souls of the dead awaken and return to the living world to feast, drink, dance and play music with their loved ones. In turn, the living family members treat the deceased as honored guests in their celebrations and leave the deceased’s favorite foods and other offerings at gravesites or on the ofrendas built in their homes. Specifically in Mexico City, the tradition has grown to include an annual parade that is attended by thousands. The viewers and the paraders alike are dressed in their vibrant representations of the Catrina and the Catrin with the colorful face paint of the Calavera or death itself. A day of joyous occasion, a time to gather with everyone in your family, those alive and those dead.