Pichátaro, 2022
Dia de Muertos #3, Tzurumutaro, 2022
Noche de Muertos #4, Tzurumutaro, 2023
Dia de Muertos #2, Tzurumutaro, 2022
Tzintzuntzan, 2019
Dia de Muertos #2, Tzintzuntzan, 2022
Panteón del Cristo, Pátzcuaro, 2017
Dia de Muertos #3, Tzintzuntzan, 2022
La Placita #1, 2023
Noche de Muertos #3, Tzurumutaro, 2023
El Faro de Bucerias #2, 2023
La Placita #2, 2023
PANTEÓN
It's difficult to think of a more striking example of the differences between Mexican and American culture than their respective burial grounds and attitudes toward death. For an American, walking into a Mexican cemetery the first time is unforgettable -- you're either repelled or transfixed, and I fell into the latter category in 1977.
In Michoacán, with its largely intact Purhépecha culture still revered in many places, the celebration of Noche de Muertos adds several more layers of mystery and fervor to places already steeped in both.