Mexicans in the state of Oaxaca are celebrating the Day of the Dead
SANTA MARÍA ATZOMPA, México — Ana Martínez is eager to welcome her deceased loved ones back home. Martínez and others in southern Mexico's Oaxaca state wait with anticipation for Day of the Dead celebrations every Nov. 1, when families place homemade altars to honor their dearly departed and spend the night at the cemetery, lighting candles in the hope of illuminating their paths.
Martínez’s 8-year-old daughter asked if she could help arrange the fruit on the altar, and her mother assigned an additional task: Make sure the candles stay lit in the afternoon so that our deceased don’t lose their way. As soon as the sun sets, locals gather at the cemetery to light candles over their family tombs and start a vigil known as “vela.' María Martínez, 58, paid a visit to her late husband by noon.
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