The Oaxaca Xoxocotlan Day of the Dead Carnival
The streets of Xoxo (pronounced Ho-Ho) are packed with cars by 7:00 p.m. and it is difficult to find a place to park without having to walk miles to the cemetery. I had hired a van and driver to take our small group to this village famous for its October 31 Day of the Dead […]
Panteon @ Xoxocotlan, Oaxaca–Muertos 2009
Usually the ride to Xoxocotlan takes 10 to 15 minutes from Oaxaca, but the cemetery festivities during Muertos can extend the trip to at least 45 minutes. At 9 p.m. the Oaxaca Symphony was set to perform outside the Panteon, which is when we hoped to arrive. As we drove into town following a string […]