The Days of the Dead

“This book has really beautiful photos…It has photos of contemporary Day of the Dead altars in rural Mexican villages. It also has scenes of the marketplaces where people go to buy items for their altars, as well as photos of cemeteries and people going to church. It shows a lot more of the day-to-day activities of celebrating the holiday and is another very good background book. It also discusses pre-Columbian rituals and the differing ways that altars are done in various regions of Mexico. I like that it is written bilingually. Every page is printed in half Spanish and half English.” Read more...

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Regina Marchi, Social Scientist