A Year in Oaxaca

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Flowers in a Graveyard

Flowers in a Graveyard

Inside San Antonino Castillo Velasco's yearly grave decorating competition.

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Jacob Dean
Nov 06, 2024
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A mural with Día de Muertos motifs in the town of San Antonino Castillo Velasco.
A mural with Día de Muertos motifs in San Antonino Castillo Velasco.

This year’s Día de Muertos (the Mexican Day of the Dead) celebration in our town, San Agustín Etla, was a huge flop.

Our town is famed for Día de Muertos and our particular barrio, San José, is so renowned for it that it’s called “la cuna de la Muerteada,” (“the cradle of the [Día de Mue…

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