Dozens of local and international volunteers put on a holiday with skulls in the Mexican town of San Miguel de Allende, with mojiganga painting, crafting with 3D pens, a virtual reality stall, juggling, games, story telling and many other activities.
And while everyone looked pretty scary, it was of course to celebrate the Day of the Dead.
While there are plenty of events on every year for Day of the Dead, most of them are targeted at adults, so a team of Mexican and international friends decided to add the free Vivos y Muertos festival for children to celebrate this important time of the year.
One of the organizers, American Tina Bueche, has been living in San Miguel de Allende for nine years and says the festival is a way to thank the local community.
“It [Día de los Muertos] is a day to remember your history, it’s s day to honor your ancestors, it’s a day to find a way to build bridges from the past to the present so that you can continue to move forward but without sacrificing the very important values from the history of this beautiful culture,” says Tina Bueche.
She pays for nearly all the equipment at this event, and says “it beats shopping for stuff I don’t need”.
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Holiday with skulls: I took these photos as a volunteer event photographer for the festival, held on October 28, 2018. Camera used was the Panasonic G85 with the 12-60mm kit lens.