Mexicans Prepare Their Offerings and Calaveras Ahead of Day of the Dead

Mexicans Prepare Their Offerings and Calaveras Ahead of Day of the Dead

Translation posted 1 November 2016 18:50 GMT



Paper calaveras carrying a coffin. Day of the Dead in Mexico.
Author's image used by Global Voices with permission.


Every year in Mexico, people commemorate the Day of the Dead, or el Día de Muertos, on November 2. The Catholic portion of the country – which makes up Mexico's majority – knows this day as All Soul's Day, or el Día de los Fieles Difuntos.

On this occasion, many Mexicans remember those who are no longer among the living in a way that is eccentric and thus attracts the attention of people from around the world. In fact, people in the United States of America also celebrate this day, according to our colleague Lupita Peimbert, who last year wrote:

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