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| Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) |
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When:
Nov 1 , 2012
- Nov 2 , 2012
Where: Patzcuaro, Mexico
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Every year Mexico celebrates The Day of the Dead with ceremonies related to cemeteries and death. The ceremonies are not sad ones, in contrary; they are celebrations where the dead arise from the other worlds and come, once a year, to visit their living relatives. The first day is dedicated to the young dead and the second day to the older ones. Lots of families spend the night near their relative?s graves that are covered with flowers. They prepare festive meal with candle light that turns the graveyard into a colorful and happy place. The residents prepare various sweets in shapes that related to death like skeletons and skulls. The children wear scary disguises and in the evening the skies are full of fireworks. The holiday is celebrated all over Mexico but the event in Patzcuaro is the most known event that attracts more and more visitors every year.
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Mexico -
background and overview:
The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst recession in over half a century. The nation continues to make an impressive recovery. Ongoing economic and social concerns include low real wages, underemployment for a large segment of the population, inequitable income distribution, and few advancement opportunities for the largely Amerindian population in the impoverished southern states. Elections held in July 2000 marked the first time since the 1910 Mexican Revolution that the opposition defeated the party in government, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Vicente FOX of the National Action Party (PAN) was sworn in on 1 December 2000 as the first chief executive elected in free and fair elections.
[Courtesy of The World Factbook]
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Mexico details
Location: Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US. |
Languages:
Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages. |
Climate:
Varies from tropical to desert . |
Capital:
Mexico City |
Time Zone:
UTC-8 to -6 |
Currency (code):
Mexican peso (MXN) |
Call Code:
+55 |
Electric Power:
127V 60Hz |
Tourist office:
Ministry of Tourism, Av. Presidente Masaryk #172, Chapultepec Morales 11587, Mexico City. Tel. +52(55)30.02.63.00 |
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