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    The flowers are set up either the night before or throughout the whole day, while family members come and have a beer, listen to music and just have a picnic with the people they once loved. The lady is arranging the flowers she has brought to make it even more beautiful. by: scholarship Views[178] The cultural syncretism seen in Mexico is striking. You have children running around dressed in Halloween costumes asking for candy right next to their parents arranging the flowers on the tombs. by: scholarship Views[501] The cemeteries in Mexico vary in size and shape, but they are mostly just big spaces full of tombs pilled one very close to the other, some big, some small. On this day though, the size and the shape doesn’t not matter. They all join together to make a big gorgeous piece of land. by: scholarship Views[251] After a while of hard work the cemetery looks beautifully decorated, colorful and full of life while celebrating the dead. Flowers everywhere you look make this otherwise sad and somber day feel good and rewarding after a hard day of work. by: scholarship Views[153] From the youngest in the family to the oldest, the whole family marches up the stairs of the cemetery on November 2nd with buckets full of ‘cempazuchitl‘ flowers in order to start decorating the graves and tombs of their deceased loved ones. by: scholarship Views[401]
     

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    Tuesday, 8 Nov 2011 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

    Mexico is a country known for its parties and traditional celebrations. The "Day of the Dead" is a celebration held for those who have gone before us, where people remember their loved ones by decorating their tombs with flowers, hearing music that they ... Read more >
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