After a year of absence, the CETAC Ajijic campus and the cultural officials of Ajijic will celebrate Dia de Los Muertos again this November 2
Wall of the dead.
Sofía Medeles and Arturo Ortega.- Ajijic’s recently named cultural authorities announced that The Day of the Dead celebration will return to the main square of Ajijic this coming Tuesday, November 2, after a year of absence. The announcement was made jointly by newly appointed Ajijic Director of Culture Santiago Baeza, Cultural Center Director Efrén González and professor Bernabé Robled, head of the Centro de Estudios Tecnológicos en Aguas Continentales (CETAC) campus, and the town’s office manager, Maximiliano Macías Arceo.
In a press conference held on Wednesday, October 20, Baeza stated that the tradition of families called upon by the delegado to «adopt» a catrina and place it in the main square will be resumed. Each family will receive $600 pesos to underwrite their creation. Ten catrinas“adopted” by Ajijic families and businesses will be decorated, most of which will be exhibited in the plaza, according to Santiago Baeza.
On November 2nd a parade of Catrinas and Catrines will leave at 6 pm from the CETAC Ajijic (next to the Auditorio de la Ribera) and will arrive at the Plaza at 7 pm. Efrén González said that hundreds of candles will be lit on the «wall of the dead» in front of the Parish of San Andrés Apóstol at 8 PM. The Wall of the Dead is a popular artistic installation created by painter Efrén González.
CETAC teacher Bernabé Robledo, together with the students of the school ,will form a parade of catrines and catrinas, ending in the main square of Ajijic where there will be a sale of Mexican snacks to benefit the school. There will also be the traditional display of Altars in the Plaza , and Dia de Los Muertos presentations in the cultural center. Mexican delicacies and snacks will be sold at the Plaza to raise funds for the school.
Acting Delegado Maximiliano «Max» Macias Arceo said that the invitation to the festival is open to anyone who wants to attend, as long as they respect Covid protocols such as the use of masks. He also refuted the rumor that the cemeteries would be closed, saying that approximately from this Friday, October 22nd, the cleaning of the municipal cemetery of Ajijic will begin so that people can visit their deceased.
In San Antonio Tlayacapan, a call will be issued for the community to come with their ofrendas or images of their loved ones to create a community altar to be installed in the town plaza
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan
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