My first Day of the Dead here. I have always wanted to travel to Mexico to enjoy this time but it never happened. Instead I just started living here. No avoiding local taditions like that. To tell the truth here the holiday more honored is not call Dia de los Muertos but instead Hanal Pixan. It has so slight differences but that's what Maya celebrate and in the Yucatan peninsula it's all about honoring maya traditions.
We had a display of many ofrendas around as well as some food stalls, concerts, places to show off you interpretations of Catrina, sing traditional songs (for some reaason La Llorona was sang the most), dances and surely some shopping (yes I ate pan de muertos again, I can not explain why I loove it so much). We had SO much fun immersing in the traditions, I am sure we will do more when Ada Maria is a little older.
October 31th we also had some Halloween celebrations here with kids trick-or-treating which was super adorable. I have never had October-November time that fun! How did you celebrated the holidays?
My outfit is casual again, I wore jeans with a simple crop top (it's so cold lately, I miss lighter clothess). A belt was last minute addition as well as my big spooky pendant (it's a ram with 8 eyes), I do think it elevated my simplistic look.
I was wearing:
Befree jeans
Forever 21 top
Cuidado con el Perro shoes
Burberry belt
Have a nice day,
Lyosha
Celebrations there have to be amazing! I hope you enjoyed!
ReplyDeleteWell that is one way to do it!! How cool to get to experience the Day of the Dead in Mexico! I love your photos. This looks like it was quite the holiday to celebrate. Good for you!
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It really was in my list and I think it is absolutely amazing. I totally advice to visit capital or other bigger cities or on contrary small rural villages for it. I heard it is absolutely spectacular in Oaxaca region
DeleteHere in Belgium mostly kids celebrate Halloween, we didn't celebrate since our kids are all grown
ReplyDeleteI've heard so much about the dia de los muertos, but never attended any party that celebrates it, I would love to...
ReplyDeleteThis looks absolutely incredible. How lucky you are to have been able to celebrate this way!
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Your outfit is cute. We kind of don't celebrate Halloween anymore. We used to when the kids were younger and would trick or treat.
ReplyDeleteCute outfit! And love the pics of the celebrations.. This festival is celebrated with so much color that I know I want to see it for myself once..
ReplyDeletewhoa, you get to enjoy the day of the dead. It has a lot of cool outfits and decoration. I just saw some pictures of it and wanted to go there. It look so much fun.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to have had a great time! The Day of the Dead is on my bucket list, and reading about your experience makes me even more excited to go!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely amazing. I know after watching the Disney movie Coco, I kind of want to experience this in person myself in Mexico.
ReplyDeleteCoco is so good. we watched it this year as a part of celebration. I do think it was a smart idea
DeleteFinally I got to see the baby! How sweet!! It's great that you can experience el dia de los muertos in Mexico - I would love to do that one day. By the way, I love the name of your shoes - hilarious :-D
ReplyDeletethe celebration was amazng even in our city which is frankly not big on celebrations at all. Now I dream on visiting other regions and cities to experince it deeper. fingers crossed for next year
DeleteWow that looks quite a celebration there. We also had day of the dead celebration in our city and it was real fun.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fun & festivities to take part in! That belt went great with the outfit.
ReplyDeletenever knew it wasn't a thing in Australia. When I think of it none of my Australian pals ever mentioned it but I didn't pay much attention. So your kids didn't get to trick-or-treat? that's a little sad
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