For the Day of the Dead, Mexico pays tribute to the victims of the coronavirus

Coronavirus: The day of the dead under the sign of the epidemic -

Mexico's Day of the Dead, or 

, usually rhymes with music, colorful costumes and dancing.

But this year, the shadow of the coronavirus hangs over this national holiday.

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the country has recorded more than 900,000 contaminations and more than 90,000 people have died from the virus.

It is the tenth country most affected in terms of contamination and the fourth in number of deaths.

Cemeteries remain closed

During the celebrations of the Day of the Dead, Mexicans have the habit of going to the cemetery to decorate the graves with flower petals and offerings to the deceased.

But the authorities, fearing a strong surge in contamination, imposed that the cemeteries remain closed on this occasion.

A decision that does not prevent Mexicans from erecting the traditional altar to the dead at home.

“This year, I decided to erect the altar of the dead in homage to three very special people: my grandmother who passed this tradition on to us, my brother and also my father, who died of the coronavirus”, explains Ana Quiroz Gonzalez, a resident of Mexico City who has also been infected with Covid-19.

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