Families Come to Pantheons with Flowers, Buckets, Shovels and Food to Honor the Deceased

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From very early yesterday, families covered the pantheons of Mexico City with orange, which came with cempasuchil flowers in hand, buckets, shovels, brooms and even food to clean and decorate the tombs of their deceased. In the pantheon San José, in Iztacalco, the coming and going of people was constant, while on the outside there was a cultural verbena that included pre-Hispanic dance, songs in original languages and the exhibition of offerings…