Dia de los Muertos is Almost Here

Grave decorated for Dia de los Muertos, Oaxaca, MX

Dia de los Muertos Altar, Oaxaca, MX

Dia de los Muertos door decoration, Oaxaca MX

Dia de los Muertos Altar Items for Sale, Oaxaca MX

Dia de los Muertos, roughly Oct. 31-Nov.2, is fast approaching.  It is one of Mexico's most colorful holidays and a fabulous time to visit Mexico, if you can.   But if events keep you at home this year, you can enjoy the holiday second hand through this post. Please follow the link to see Dia de los Muertos as it is celebrated in different parts of Mexico.  Included is a link to a video of a rarely seen observation of the holiday in San Juan Chamula, Chiapas.

https://colonialmexicoinsideandout.blogspot.com/2018/10/take-tour-of-dia-de-los-muertos-without.html

I hope you enjoy Dia de los Muertos as much as I do!

Dia de los Muertos Retrospective

Everyone in the US seems to have been more than ready for Halloween for quite a while.  Although Dia de los Muertos, the Days of the Dead, in Mexico and other Latin American countries are technically November 1 and 2, the holiday has extended itself to incorporate Halloween complete with trick or treating the night of October 31.

Market, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo MX

                                       

Halloween Night, San Cristobal de las Casas Chiapas

                                 
Dia de los Muertos is one of the most dramatic and beautiful times in Latin America and I am re-posting a number of pieces and videos I have done over the past few years as an opportunity for those who have not seen them to see the poignant beauty of this holiday.

This video that I shot in San Juan Chamula is one of a kind, since videos are not normally permitted in this locale :https://youtu.be/Vg_1bTFIi1g.  A second video shot in the cemetery of Cristobal de las Casas Chiapas shows a typical celebration of the day in the city's Pantéon:
https://youtu.be/np9YteLYljE. A third took place in the magnificent cemetery of Romerillo Chiapas:  https://youtu.be/t0djWi91TKs

Please also take a look at previous posts of this blog:  
November 12, 2013, November 18, 2014, November 27, 2015.
You can easily access them in the blog archive on the Home page.

Personally, I can never get enough of this dramatic holiday and, of course, when I return from Mexico in November will be writing about it, once again.

Dia de los Muertos: Two Videos

Romerillo, Chiapas

If you have not already seen these videos take a look.  Both are of rarely-filmed celebrations of Dia de los Muertos in small Mayan communities in Chiapas.   Here are the links to them:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg_1bTFIi1g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0djWi91TKs

I hope that you enjoy them.  I shortly will be writing about the celebration of Dia de los Muertos in the Yucatan.

Videos of Dia de los Muertos in Chiapas: Romerillo, San Juan Chamula, San Cristóbal de las Casas

Ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos, Tenejapa, Chiapas

Dia de los Muertos in Chiapas was the topic of my last post (Nov. 12, 2013) and now you can see this celebration come to life in three different places.  The photos of the holiday are exotic and colorful, but the videos capture the essence of the celebration.  Here are clickable links to the videos I have posted on Youtube:

The first two are of Dia de los Muertos in small Mayan towns outside of the city of San Cristóbal and have the flavor of these places:

San Juan Chamula, Chiapas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg_1bTFIi1g

Romerillo, Chiapas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0djWi91TKs

This third video is of the holiday in an urban setting, that of the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas.

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np9YteLYljE

I hope you enjoy them.