On any visit to anywhere in Mexico, I fully expect to turn into a narrow alley and walk straight…

… else. It is something of a mix between Samhain and All Souls Day, but more joyous than either. And as for that huge Day of the Dead parade in the center of Mexico City in the 2015 James Bond film Spectre, there was no such parade in Mexico City at that time. After the film, however, one was held in 2016, and nearly 250,000 people attended.
It’s Time to Put These Persistent Myths About Halloween in the Grave
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On any visit to anywhere in Mexico, I fully expect to turn into a narrow alley and walk straight into a Day of the Dead parade. Movies prove this to be a reasonable expectation.
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Written by Arpad Nagy3.5K Followers
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Shortlisted for 2024 Northwind Writing Award in NF/Fiction. New owner of First Line Fiction. Editor @ The Memoirist, AoE, Book Cafe, Short Place, Kitchen Tales.
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