💀where to be for day of the dead this year

cdmx, oaxaca, and janitzio. dates and what happens when. mixquic is the one people sleep on

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noon start at Chapultepec, ends hours later at the Zócalo. get to Reforma early, the crowd at the finish is a wall

Ofrenda Monumental, Zócalo (CDMX)

goes up before the parade and stays most of november. go on a weekday morning if you want to actually see it

La Alumbrada, Mixquic (CDMX)

closest to what this looked like before the parade. night of nov 1, candles everywhere. get there before dark, trust me on this

Comparsas, Oaxaca centro

brass band street processions through a different barrio each night starting late october. ask your hotel which one's on, it moves around

Panteón de Xoxocotlán (Oaxaca)

Janitzio night vigil, Lake Pátzcuaro

families canoe out to the island cemetery the night of nov 1. go by early evening for a boat, it gets loud logistically once it's dark

Mercado de flores de muertos, CDMX

cash only, obviously, and go for the cempasúchil not the plastic stuff by the metro exit

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