Today, being Nov 2nd, is Day of the Dead in Mexico. Although it may sound pretty creepy, really it is a cool holiday and actually has meaning...as opposed to Halloween. Day of the dead is a time to commemorate one's relatives who have died. Tradition is to go to the cemetary where your relative is buried and bring candles to place at the graveside. Usually people also cook foods and dessert to bring to the graveside along with beautiful wreaths and flowers. They leave part of it out for the dead relative in honor of them. Outside the cemetary is a large festival of food, music, and vendors of all sorts of foods that are not healthy for you. We ate some churros filled with chocolate, homemade potato chips with salsa, and gorditas. It was a good afternoon.
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