From midnight October 31st thru November 2nd there is a celebration for the Day of the Dead. Unlike Halloween, which represents death as something to be feared, the Mexican people celebrate the departed. They clean and decorate the graves with lots of flowers, bring food and pretty much camp out all night in the cemetaries to welcome the departed spirits. Gary, Tracy and I visited the local cemetary which was still being prepared for the celebrations.
I saw lots of gravesites covered with flowers, but was drawn to the oldest of the graves which were either simply a patch of cement (likely too poor to pay for a headstone), or a mound of bricks or stones. Only on one mound did I spot identification, a marble headstone leaning against it, which indicated the departed had been 106 years old!
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