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What is Día de los Muertos, Mexico's Day of the Dead?
Mexico City opened its giant Day of the Dead offering in the Zócalo on October 29, 2026. Its 33.411-metre Catrina figure was officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the tallest Catrina in the world.
A festival to remember the dead
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated every year from October 31 to November 2. Families remember relatives and friends who have died, and the mood is happy rather than sad. Mexicans living abroad celebrate it too, especially in the United States, which is why it trends there every autumn.
Quick quiz
1. La Catrina, the famous skeleton figure of the Day of the Dead, comes from a drawing by which Mexican artist?
2. In which year was Mexico's Day of the Dead added to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity?
3. In Aztec belief, what was the name of the underworld where the dead travelled?
Sources
- La Catrina monumental del Zócalo rompe Récord Guinness; mide más de 33 metros - La Razón de México
- La Catrina más alta del mundo ilumina el Zócalo por el Día de Muertos - Excélsior
- Catrina de 32 metros en el Zócalo CDMX - Récord
- Day of the Dead - Simple English Wikipedia
- Day of the Dead, a brief - Oscar Torres-Reyna (Princeton)
