In Mexico the dead walk with the living, and the brides of death meet their otherworldly companions to bring them treats and blessings on the night after Halloween…
Many of our current Halloween customs came to the Americas with the arrival of of the first Europeans, but there are other traditions just as ancient, that have been part of the new world for thousands of years. Even today, on the night after Halloween, luminous of candles can be seen on the hillside cemeteries of Mexican villages, where whole families congregate to visit the final resting places of their departed ancestors. What may seem as macabre tradition to outsiders, is actually a very intimate celebration of the union between life and death. In traditional Mexico, the lines between the living and the dead, and life and the afterlife are blurred on one hallowed part of the year — namely the Day of the Dead, or more famously “El Dia de Los Muertos” in Spanish.
