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Stories from the day the dead come home
Reportage, guides and conversations from Oaxaca during Mexico's most luminous celebration.
The Symbols of Día de Muertos: What Every Object on the Altar Is Actually Doing
Walk through Oaxaca at the end of October and the city rearranges itself around a handful of objects. Marigolds in the doorways. Cut paper strung between balconies. Smoke curling out of small clay burners. Bread you can smell from a block away.
