03:46Mexico: Skeletons and Catrinas parade in colourful celebration of Day of the Dead
Giant skulls, skeleton floats, devils and Catrinas flooded the streets of Mexico City on Saturday, to celebrate the Day of the Dead and welcome back the spirits of the dead among the living.
More than 3,000 artists, jugglers, acrobats and puppets with striking costumes and face paint paraded to the rhythm of Mexican traditional music despite the heavy rain, in the day that sees Mexican families gathering to pray and remember friends and family members who have died.
According to the tradition, families offer food, drinks, and prayers to their spirits who come back to celebrate life with the living world.
Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, dates back to old Aztec traditions and takes place in major Mexican cities and small towns between November 1 and 2.
03:46Giant skulls, skeleton floats, devils and Catrinas flooded the streets of Mexico City on Saturday, to celebrate the Day of the Dead and welcome back the spirits of the dead among the living.
More than 3,000 artists, jugglers, acrobats and puppets with striking costumes and face paint paraded to the rhythm of Mexican traditional music despite the heavy rain, in the day that sees Mexican families gathering to pray and remember friends and family members who have died.
According to the tradition, families offer food, drinks, and prayers to their spirits who come back to celebrate life with the living world.
Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, dates back to old Aztec traditions and takes place in major Mexican cities and small towns between November 1 and 2.