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Día de Muertos Reminds Christians To Grieve

By Sandy Ovalle
Altars devoted to relative or friends decorated with orange marigolds (cempasuchil) flowers in a cemetery in Mexico City, Mexico in 2022. (Photo by Teun Voeten/Sipa USA)
Oct 26, 2023
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I am not interested in a commercialized version of Día de Muertos; parades, concerts, and celebrations where I must buy a ticket are an invention of capitalism. I am interested in the family remembrance rituals, in the nights at the cemetery communing with loved ones, in the ofrendas set up in homes, schools, and public plazas.

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Altars devoted to relative or friends decorated with orange marigolds (cempasuchil) flowers in a cemetery in Mexico City, Mexico in 2022. (Photo by Teun Voeten/Sipa USA)