Dia de Los Muertos Diaries: Communing with the Dead in Patzcuaro

Tarascan family in the Island of Janitzio honor their ancestors with offerings.

Mexico is one place in the world where the Dia de los Muertos is celebrated way too seriously. Sure, most former Spanish colonies in Latin America have their own little variations of this festival. Many of these were created by the fusion of indigenous folk beliefs with Roman Catholic traditions. Mexico, however, has one of the liveliest variants. Dia de los Muertos in Mexico is a unique syncretism of ancient Aztec veneration of the Goddess of Dead and Catholicism. The epicenter of this amazing celebration in Mexico is in a place called Patzcuaro. Read More ...