Family Eating tamales at Xoxocotlan cemetery (25)

Panteón Viejo (Old Cemetery), Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán, Mexico

The graveside vigils start in the early evening and continue all night. It is a tradition that the favorite food and drink of visiting souls are shared at the first night’s vigil.

The dead do not live in the cemetery, it is considered common ground where the living and the departed souls can gather together.

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