...nor forgotten ancestors.

Mexico Photos: a midnight song in a cemetery; partying with the dead in a cemetery near Oaxaca; no tears for the departed in this country.

On the Day of the Dead festivals days and nights cheerful strolling musicians, spooky costumed kids and sand artists encourage donations while homes and churches display altars artistically loaded with fruit, flowers, candles and favourite foods of the visiting souls. Nightfall sees family groups heading for cemeteries with guitars and picnic hampers for a meet 'n' greet 'n' party with the dead, a refreshing attitude to an irresistible event that most westerners avoid even contemplating, let alone celebrating.

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