Day of the Dead

Dia de Muertos

Visitors stroll the main street in Ajijic mid-afternoon on the Day of the Dead.

The central kiosk in the plaza decorated for the Day of the Dead.

Families sit at a bus stop while waiting for the Day of the Little Angels parade to start in Ajijic.

Candles illuminate a woman's altar on the Night of the Dead in the Ajijic cemetery.

Day of the Dead in Mexico

Some families set up altars privately in their homes. Others will build streetside altars such as this one.

The early autumn evening sun lights up paper picado in the graveyard.

Papel Picado

An altar for friends and family members, including a teenager, made by his grandmother, Beatriz.

Musicians wander the graveyard November 2 and families hire them to play around the grave. Sometimes a radio, or today more often a cell phone, might play the favorite songs of the dead.

The idea for this wall of terracotta skulls, seen here illuminated by hundreds of candles on the Day of the Dead, was planned and executed by Efrén Gonzalez.

This grave in the cemetery in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico, is decorated with balloons and children's decorations for the Día de los Angelitos.

This is the world's tallest catrina at 157.8 feet (48.1 meters) in 2017 n Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Jalisco, Mexico

A curbside Day of the Dead altar with a skull, candles and marigolds, a white cross made from salt, a drawing from a Mayan codice, sawdust, and bottles of Corona beer in Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico.

A mausoleum decorated for November 1, Children's Day, in the graveyard in Chapala.

Two kids dressed as catrines in the Ajijic graveyard on the Day of the Dead.

Frida García dressed as Mexican painter Frida Kahlo in Chapala.

A man passing through the graveyard takes time to stop at a grave on the Day of the Dead.

Children walk in the 2023 parade in Ajijic on November 1 for the Day of the Little Angels when deceased children are remembered.

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Kids ride a float during the Day of the Dead parade in Ajijic.

A skeleton couple ride on a float during the Day of the Dead parade in Ixtlahuacán.

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Día de Muertos

<p>The spirits come alive for the Day of the Dead at Lake Chapala.</p>


Day of the Dead Photo Gallery | Lakeside Guide to Lake Chapala, Mexico

<p>Los espíritus cobran vida para el Día de Muertos en la Ribera de Chapala.</p>
