On November 1st and 2nd, the Mexicans celebrate the Day of the Dead (All Soul's Day). Rather than it being a sombre event usually associated with death, it has more of a 'family reunion' atmosphere with bright colours - pinks, yellows, greens, orange - you name it... Like a sweet shop explosion! When I was at school we did a project about this, I remember being fascinated with the amazing colours and vibrant decoration used for this occasion like the joyous little skeleton figures - calacas (Tim Burton's characters in Nightmare Before Christmas are very calaca-like), the sugar skulls and artwork. It's a technicolour halloween!
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| A sugar skull mound - yes you can eat it! |
