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Mexico City celebrates El Día de los Muertos

November 1, 2022
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by Regina López
People dressed as sugar skulls, or calaveritas. (Regina López/YJI)

Images from Mexico City’s spectacular parade for El Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.

A parade float of an ‘Azteca’ skeleton. (Regina López/YJI)
‘El Diablo,’ or the Devil. (Regina López/YJI)
A family dressed as catrines, or well-dressed skeletons. (Regina López/YJI)
An organillero, or organ grinder, painted as a skeleton. (Regina López/YJI)
Skeleton costumes. (Regina López/YJI)
Mariachi musicians singing in the parade. (Regina López/YJI)
Women at the festival, made up as Catrinas, or well-dressed skeletons. (Regina López/YJI)
The ‘Aztecas’ dancing at the parade. (Regina López/YJI)
A Frida Khalo float in the parade. (Regina López/YJI)
Traditional dancers at the parade. (Regina López/YJI)
Los revolucionarios are a homage to those who fought in the Mexican revolution. (Regina López/YJI)
A balloon of “La Catrina.” (Regina López/YJI)
A band arrives at the parade. (Regina López/YJI)
A catrine dressed in the typical clothing of the state of Jalisco. (Regina López/YJI)

Regina Lopez is a Correspondent and Senior Photographer with Youth Journalism International.

Read more from YJI about El Día de los Muertos

The beauty of El Día de los Muertos, or Day of Dead
Mexico’s Day of the Dead: a party with lost loved ones

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