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ezpz Posted November 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 Note: This public Ajijic celebration of DDLM is hardly the whole observation of this holiday. Most of the townspeople still go to the cemetary with flowers, food, and drinks, and music to honor their dear departed, often going back many generations up to the recently departed. The Ajijic Plaza party began in 2012 after there were some cartel related killings of local people in the area and the whole town was in shock for a year at least. This is how Mexicans cope with the undeniable reality of death. DDLM is a ancient custom that dates back hundreds? thousands? of years back into the pre-hispanic times when it was part of a harvest festival and was at a point on the calendar when it was considered that the boundaries between this world and the next world were very thin and spirits could easily come and go. It happened to coincide with a Catholic tradition of a vaguely similar dynamic resulting in the unique hybrid of the indigenous and the Catholic/Spanish cultures forced on the native people here. This hybrid culture is what makes Mexico so deeply and richly fascinating. There are many layers to explore here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm1mex Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 Video was beautiful. Thanks. We watched Coco on Dia de los Muertos. It gives an understanding of the meaning of this celebration of the deceased. It is a great movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisbee Gal Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 This one was pretty funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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