I must say, the Dia de Los Muertos parade was spectacular this year. It felt more like a parade than a very compact promenade. As it has in the past.

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The annual Dia de Los Muertos parade took place Sunday evening. For days ahead of the parade, people have been getting their faces painted as skeletons — part of the Catrina and Catrin tradition. A lot of them are visitors, many are local families, and some just love to get dressed up and promenade about town.

Horse-drawn carriages, horsemen and horsewomen, and local transit police in skeleton mode added a festive air to the parade:

As you can see, some of the costumes are breathtakingly beautiful.

The parade itself is almost too dark to photograph. That’s why I hit the staging area on Calle Cardo while there is still sunlight and people are just standing around.

Enjoy these photos from San Miguel de Allende. There were wonderfully imaginative Catrina costumes out and about.

Mariposas, loteria cards, women-power and brilliant colors marked the night:

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