DIA DE LOS MUERTOS



Why is Dia de los Muertos so appealing? I was in San Miguel de Allende this past November and there were a ton of Americans (estadounidenses), maybe because people weren't going to Oaxaca for that holiday due to the political problems there. So with all the Americans celebrating Day of the Dead and quite a few people doing the ol' Trick or Treat shtick, the plaza was crowded! Some of the Mexican parents were teaching their kids to ask for candy and that disturbed me; although I like the holiday, I didn't think we should teach the kids begging. Their own customs are so rich! The little girl dressed up as a skeleton with her confused and lost expression seemed to stand for the changing customs in Mexico and especially in San Miguel.