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Oaxaca cemetery Dia de los Muertos
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| Oaxaca, Dia de Los Muertos Altar |
When most people think of Dia de Los Muertos, what comes to mind are the elaborate altars and candle-lit cemeteries of Oaxaca. The Days of the Dead observances in Oaxaca are elaborate with much effort and artistry going into these celebrations meant to welcome the decreased back into the community of the living for a short time. Read about these below:
By way of contrast, there are the Dia de Los Muertos observances on the west coast of the Yucatan Peninsulat in Pomuch, a small community near San Francisco de Campeche. These are "bare bones", literally, and starkly contrast with the elaborate beauty of the observances typified by those of Oaxaca. Read about this at:
