Ritual · Oaxaca

Día de Muertos Unesco

The dead come home, and are fed

Indigenous observance folded into the Catholic calendar. Households build an ofrenda with the food the dead preferred, and the marigold path is laid so they can find the door.

Place: Oaxaca
Country: Mexico
Region: Latin America
Kind: Ritual
Themes: Ofrenda, Marigold, Ancestors