The Day of the Dead festival is the best window into Mexico’s most spectacular traditions. In the Riviera Maya, during the first days of November, the aromas and colors of ceremonial dishes emerge from the darkness of the jungle into the cool autumn mornings.
From before dawn, in the small millenary towns, the marchers: sellers of achiote, fresh masa, banana leaves and spices, walk the streets and enter the patios where the bustle of casseroles, molcajetes and comales is at its peak. By midday, the tables and altars display tamales, sweets and breads prepared with the love that still inspires the loved ones who are no longer with us… but who return, just for a few moments, to spend time with their families.
All the mysticism of the festivities of the Day of the Dead, in the Riviera Maya is mixed with a spectacular climate of sunny, warm noons and cool evenings. The temperature of the sea and the wind seem to agree to please the skin. As if that were not enough, the Riviera Maya offers two unparalleled opportunities to immerse yourself in the great Mexican tradition of the Day of the Dead:
- Altournative’s Hanal Pixan offers a tour of a Riviera Maya jungle community where traditional rites have been kept intact. With them you will have the opportunity to experience the sounds, flavors and colors of this spectacular night.
- Xcaret’s Life and Death Festival creates for its visitors a show of mind-blowing dimensions in which the different ways in which Mexico celebrates the Day of the Dead converge. This great staging brings together hundreds of artists of all disciplines: dance, theater, visuals, lighting, singing, gastronomy… A whole waste of beauty and perfection.
Don’t think twice, from October 30 to November 2, come to the Riviera Maya and walk with joy between life and death in a way that is only possible in Mexico.
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