Xantolo, The Day Of The Dead Festival In The Huasteca Potosina, Mexico
Three people wear bull masks and carry cempasuchil flowers during a dance on the occasion of the Xantolo festival or Day of the Dead in Mexico in the Huasteca Potosina, on November 1, 2023.
The Xantolo or Day of the Dead festival in Huasteca Potosina, Mexico, is a festival that mixes traditions and beliefs of pre-Hispanic and Spanish cultures brought during the Colony. In this region and according to belief, it represents the sacred union between the living and the dead that inhabit the Huasteca. On the night of November 1, the souls of the deceased return to live with their loved ones.
(Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto)
- Product Code
- ILEA001938087
- Registered date
- 2023/11/01 00:00:00
- Credit
- NurPhoto / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto
- Media size
- 5392 × 3510 pixel
- Deployment size
- 1.43(MB)*
*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.