Families gathered at the Santa Maria Azumpa Cemetery in Oaxaca Tuesday night into Wednesday morning for the annual Day of the Dead celebrations to honor their deceased loved ones.
Families gathered at the Santa Maria Azumpa Cemetery in Oaxaca Tuesday night into Wednesday morning for the annual Day of the Dead celebrations to honor their deceased loved ones.
Mexicans celebrate this holiday every year, surrounded by the scent of orange marigold flowers and bathed in the golden light of thousands of candles, sharing time and memories with family members at the graves of their departed loved ones.
Families often hold vigils and share meals with the deceased, and it is tradition for the deceased to visit them at night and enter the land of the living.
People believed that the petals and fragrance of marigolds guided them back from the land of death.
This celebration is a Mexican tradition that is passed down from generation to generation and brings families together.
Day of the Dead is one of the most colorful holidays in Mexico.