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Mexico City on Sunday celebrated the Day of the Dead with music, floats, costumed dancers and skeleton marionettes Thousands gathered on streets to commemorate 400 people killed in the recent two earthquakes in Mexico Day of the Dead is being celebrated across Mexico for 2,000 to 3,000 years Earlier, it was confined to quiet family gatherings at the graves of the departed ones People lit bonfires, sing, drink, talk and offer favorite foods to the dead Few leave a trail of orange marigold petals in a path to the doorways of their houses The 2015 James Bond movie ‘Spectre’ opens with a Day of the Dead parade… in Mexico City, though no such event took place at that time A year later, the government decided to hold its own parade to promote pre-Hispanic Mexican culture People placed photographs of dead at Mexico City’s central Zocalo Plaza Black, white, purple and orange paper cut-outs covered part of the Zocalo Papier mache skeletal Catrina figures, candle-covered shrines, rescue vests and helmets were also placed All these symbolized volunteers and victims from the regions who were affected by the quakes The parades are partly influenced by the American Halloween celebrations and Hollywood zombie films The celebrations were also held in Vancouver, Canada and Bournemouth, UK and… other international cities, ahead of the Mexican holiday on November 1-2 Please Like, Share, Comment, Subscribe & Press the Bell Icon for Notifications Thanks for Watching UNIVERSAL24NEWS universal24news