In Photos: Dia de los Muertos in Mexico City’s Zocalo

This weekend Mexico celebrates one of its most popular festivals – Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Although that might sound rather morbid, the festival is actually a celebration of life. Mexicans build ofrendas in their homes and leave out food and drink for the returning spirits of their dead loved one.

Celebrations in Mexico City’s Zocalo are already well underway – go here for the full photo collection on Flickr.

Dia de los Muertos, 2008

Stay tuned to MexicoReporter.com for more to come on Day of the Dead.

Click here to see our coverage from 2007.

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About the Author: MexicoReporter.com is the personal website of Deborah Bonello, a multi-media journalist. She is currently based in London and works for the Financial Times as a video journalist. Prior to that was a news assistant and video journalist for the Los Angeles Times Mexico City bureau. The views presented here do NOT represent those of the Los Angeles Times or the Financial Times.

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  1. Jean-Francois Poupart says:

    Holà! I was in Mexico city on the 28th of October. I realy liked what I saw at the Zocalo. I especially love the space done by a group of artists from Coyoacan. I was wondering if you could help me get in contact with them. I can show you pictures if it would help you figure out wich one it was.

    Thank you very much.

    Jean-Francois

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