Dia de Los Muertos

November 8, 2009

The Day of the Dead falls on November 2nd every year. This holiday goes right next to Christmas, I think, as far as days of importance for Latin American people. They celebrate and remember their dead. It may seem odd to say, but what a great time. Everyone was in a festive mood -singing, eating, laughing- shouldn´t that be the way to remember someone?

Walking the Crypts

Esquipulas has a large cementary and it is right next to the Basilica. I walked around for the good portion of the day just looking at all the different crypts. The people did a great job decorating and displaying each resting spot. Some had pictures and others had stories to describe their relatives, but most had flowers and other beautiful colors draped on each crypt. I loved to listen to the musica played. You could hear it from anywhere in the cemetary.