Families Visit The San Andres Mixquic Cemetery, Mexico, On The Occasion Of Saint Michael The Archangel's Day

Families Visit The San Andres Mixquic Cemetery, Mexico, On The Occasion Of Saint Michael The Archangel's Day

A person visits the Pantheon of San Andres Mixquic, Tlahuac, to clean the grave of their deceased loved one and place cempasuchil flowers on the occasion of the Day of San Miguel Arcangel and on the eve of Day of the Dead in Mexico. According to the belief in this area, families gather to guide and invite their deceased to the pantheon a month in advance to live with them on November 1 and 2, placing flowers on the graves or tombstones to protect them. against evil spirits, since, according to this day, the devil escapes from his prison, the flowers being the protection of Saint Michael the Archangel so that they do not enter the cemetery or his houses, and to be able to confine him again in the bowels of the land. (Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto)

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