The Mexican people are about to celebrate the Day of the Dead, a traditional holiday in which those who have left are remembered and that takes place throughout the country on November 1 and 2. This year, sculptures of skulls or skulls adorn the streets of Mexico City as part of the celebrations.
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In mid-October, the people of Mexico are already preparing for the Day of the Dead. The Day of the Dead, celebrated annually on November 1 and 2, is one of the most solemn traditional festivals in Mexico, an opportunity to remember and bless the deceased. As part of the celebrations, in the capital, Mexico City, there are also large skull sculptures adorning the streets of the city, and the atmosphere of the Day of the Dead has arrived ahead of schedule.
A total of 50 skulls have been placed along Reforma Avenue, in the Mexican capital, as part of an exhibition mounted by Mexicraneos.
The exhibition, hosted by Mexican art institution Moxicraneos, features a total of 50 large skeleton sculptures along mexico City's Reforma Avenue.
Óscar Padilla, founder of Mexicraneos told us that the exhibition was born from the Mexican imaginary, from the imaginary of how life can coexist with death and how they could bring art to the street, that people could see it, live with it and that it could be a long time.
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Oscar Padilla, the founder of Mexicraneos, said in an interview that the big skull sculpture is inspired by traditional Mexican culture, how to make life and death coexist, how to bring art to the street, everyone can see, let art into life and stay for a long time.
This 2021 the exhibition celebrates five years and Mexicraneos seeks that the event becomes part of the traditional festivities that have gradually been transformed into a public party instead of a private celebration with offerings and altars mounted at home to honor the dead. On this day, it is believed that the souls of the dead return to visit their families.
This year marks the fifth year of the Great Skull Sculpture Exhibition, and Mexicraneos hopes the exhibition will be part of the traditional celebration of the Day of the Dead. The Day of the Dead is not only a day when everyone sets up altars in their homes, places sacrifices, and commemorates the deceased, but has also gradually evolved into a festival of national carnival. On this day, it is believed that the souls of the deceased will return to visit their families.
"They can get to know our city, live it, enjoy it and above all, the exhibition can transmit the tradition to our children so that they too, in turn, later, will pass on to other generations."
Audiences who brought their children to visit the Big Skull Sculpture believed that the Big Skull Sculpture allowed them to understand their own city, feel and enjoy the city up close, and most importantly, they could pass on traditional culture to children, and they could pass it on to their descendants later.
Indigenous Mexicans believe that death is not a sad thing, but rather that the undead should be welcomed home with songs, dances and colorful celebrations. The movie "Dream Quest" says that death is not the end of life, forgetting is.