Comments on: Día de Los Muertos 2007 in Merida

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:08:16 +0000

Hi there,

I’m planning a trip to Merida for Dia de los Muertos. Trying to schedule flights and looking into whether festivities take place on Nov. 1 or 2 (or both). If both, are festivities only during the morning of the 2nd (as in–the wee hours?). The best flight option is to return on the afternoon of the 2nd, but we don’t want to miss anything!

Many thanks in advance for your help!

Jen

By: Kellsie and Sarah

Kellsie and Sarah — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:25:41 +0000

Hola amigos,
I was reading your article and I think that it is very interesting. I think that this is a really weird and very nice a sad ritual that they perform in Mexico and the other Latin countries.

By: Working Gringos

Working Gringos — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:47:08 +0000

Well, since you said such nice things about the website, we’ll give you a little tip. We live in the San Sebastian/Ermita district of Merida (south of Plaza Grande). About a week ago, we got a flier in our door announcing El Corredor de Las Animas, which translates as “the hallway/passageway of the souls”. It was inviting residents to join a walk from the Ermita church, along Calle 66, down to the Cemetery sometime on October 31. Of course, typically, it neglected to give a time, but we’re looking into that. The flier promises traditional and sacred music, and tells the residents that the graveyard will be open all night (it usually closes at 5 pm) and that they are encouraged to build altars and make a big show of their traditions.
We plan to be there… and of course, we’ll be sure to list it in our Events pages as we find out more.

By: Peter & Susan Solomon

Peter & Susan Solomon — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:49:56 +0000

Working Gringos;
We are so excited! Our long anticipated trip to Merida commences on October 28, 2008. I have been devouring your fantastic webinfo (IMHO this is the best travel/cultural website in cyberlandia) for almost a year. This is my first post back at ya, and I chose this article to tag onto because we are really thrilled to be in Merida during Dia de los Muertos – 2008. Knowing this is Mexico and things happen both traditionally and spontaneously and its hard to plan – that said – got any tips on events and locations of Dia de los Muertos happenings in the week leading up to November 1 – 2?
BTW, I love your house (oh, my god its gorgeous), so rich an experience for we voyeurs because of your generous telling of the back story.
Thanks again, WGs for all you do.

By: GabachaYucateca

GabachaYucateca — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:47:54 +0000

My pobre Yucateco passed his first Dia de Los Muertos outside of Yucatan. Had to hear what happened from his sister and mom. They wanted to know if he could feel abuelita (whom, coincidentally, he called Mimi, just as I did my grandmother) tugging at his toes in his bed. Perhaps chachakwa (sic) is pictured in the last photo...which I love to eat and prepare in the pib, but can't spell since I've never seen it written!