Mexico’s Day of the Dead Parade Pays Tribute to Quake Victims

On the day of death (Díadelos Muertos), in a country mourning the death of nearly 500 people, the group of performers marched on the street of Mexico City with an image like a bondage or body. An earthquake occurred last month

A huge fist with a hard hat and a huge fist of bonds led the march, thousands of bystanders cheered and applauded, indicating that the country's resilience suffered one of the worst disasters in decades It is.

Secondary earthquake just before midnight on September 7 - Mexico's most powerful attacks attacked the Pacific coast, a tsunami warning occurred, hundreds of people were buried in the collapsed building, the inhospitable people were frightened Scattered on the street

Then, on September 19, an earthquake of magnitude 1 hit the 400-mile earthquake from the first epicenter, collapsed the building, destroyed the highway, and killed more than 200 people in the capital of Mexico City .

Ramón Marquez of 51 years old is wearing an orange T-shirt containing the words "# fuerzamorelos" or "Be Strong Morelos". According to Reuters, the earthquake

There is a dance ghost. Towering hustle and bustle. The altar is decorated with calendula. Everyone marched along the main road of Mexico City and began the Dead of the Dead celebration which lasts until November 2 every year. And the ceremony will be held in the town square, the house, the cemetery leading to Halloween.

More than 700 performers are ready in a few months along the 4-mile colorful afternoon parade at Paseo de la Reforma

Together with a group of people wearing the Fluorescent Assistant Vest they marched in the air with a fist - respectful to the rescuer. And they listened to desperate survivors in the ruins of the second earthquake and they took action to protect silence

But the earthquake did not reduce Mexican celebrations for hundreds of years. Participants and bystanders drew their own face in a colorful skull - many of them are iconic Mexican letters La Catrina.

According to local news agencies, 300 thousand people from 200 thousand people last year participated in the parade on Saturday.

As historians believed that the dead had temporarily returned to the Earth, the origins of thousands of years of festival dates back to the Central American festival.

The day of death is also to celebrate life. Memories of food, music, relatives, intertwined in celebrations

31-year-old Violetta Canela Juarez said, "We not only celebrate here but also dance not only in dancing, but also in a devastating situation gathering for help."

The day of death is deeply rooted in the indigenous culture of Mexico including Olmec, Aztec and Maya but today it is not only consistent with Christian obedience to All Haroth, but also the dead saints and others Also matches. I express respect. Tradition shares the same timeline. October 31, November 1, November 2. How about the day of death compared to Halloween - All All Hallows' Eve, the first day of Allhallowtide? Well, there should be some similarities. Dia de Muertos welcomes the spirit of friends who visited deceased families and loved ones from a central place called Miktoran according to Aztec religious beliefs. Likewise, Halloween has long been considered an era when the boundary between the world of life and the world of the dead is blurred: at first, people wear costumes on Halloween and roaming soul this special night I will slide it.

2015 In the James Bond movie 'Ghost', the opening sequence features a day parade of death in Mexico City. At that time, Mexico City did not host such a parade, but one year later, in order to promote the pre-Hispanic Mexican culture by the movies and the government, the federal authorities and local governments were in full swing in October at Paseode de Paris We held a "Diammmu Elt" parade. La Reforma and Centro Historico 2016 290 thousand people participated

A few years ago, when I was working at the Mexican Government Tourism Board, we became part of the "ghost" of James Bond movies. If you remember, the first seven minutes of the movie was held in Mexico City, a parade of death. Last year, hundreds of thousands of people took part and was reported on BBC, CNN and other international media, many people experienced. The same parade as the movie did not exist before the movie. The novel becomes a reality, in this case it will be an opportunity