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Mexico City’s annual Day of the Dead parade celebrates its 10th anniversary. The event originated from a scene in the 2015 James Bond film and has become a city event that attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists.
The Mexican capital, Mexico City, held its annual Day of the Dead parade yesterday, which is expected to attract more than 500,000 domestic and foreign tourists. The history of this festival in Mexico goes back hundreds of years, but this parade was born in 2015 because of the James Bond film series.
Mexico’s Day of the Dead is a mix of local pre-Columbian traditions and Christian All Saints’ Day customs, Agence France-Presse reported. On this day, families remember their deceased relatives and friends. People will visit cemeteries to pay tribute and display favorite foods or other items of the deceased.
In the film “Spectre”, released in 2015, the protagonist, the fictional British intelligence agent code-named 007, James Bond (James Bond), walks through the center of Mexico City in a parade of giant puppets and people dressed as the dead. After the film became a global hit, then-Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera decided to turn this fictional Day of the Dead parade into reality.
Some of the giant dolls that appeared in the “007: The Evil Dead” parade also appeared in the first Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City in 2016. Mancera, who served as mayor from 2012 to 2018, recalled that the program quickly became very popular. “People started asking me: ‘What about the parade? When will it be held?'”
“It’s now a very, very big event that I’m very proud of,” he said.
This year coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Day of the Dead Parade. An 11-story statue of Katrina was built in the Zocalo, Mexico City’s main square. Katrina is an image of a beautiful female skeleton in Mexico.
Many giant skeleton puppets, floats, and performers wearing feathered faces and masks also filled the streets of Mexico City. The parade also featured musicians and stunt performers and the city was filled with a carnival atmosphere.
Ana Suarez, a 32-year-old Portuguese tourist, said in an interview that the Day of the Dead parade is very charming. “People are happy, dressed up and have flowers. It’s so lively! People come together like this to remember people who have died but are still alive in our hearts.”
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Because this year marks the 10th anniversary of the parade and it is expected to attract more than 500,000 domestic and foreign tourists. The scale and momentum is quite large, and it has become an important cultural event in Mexico City.
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This is not a traditional urban parade that has been around since ancient times, but was inspired by the opening scene of the 2015 James Bond film “The Devil Surrounds”. After the film became popular, former mayor Mancera decided to turn the imaginary scene into reality.
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This year, an 11-story statue of Katrina was erected in Zócalo Square. The streets were filled with giant skeleton puppets, floats, feathered mask actors, musicians and acrobats. There was a carnival like atmosphere in the entire city.
