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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lissette Romero

Skeleton marching bands and dancers in butterfly skirts join in Mexico City's Day of the Dead parade

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Thousands of people turned out Saturday to watch Mexico City’s Day of the Dead parade as costumed dancers, drummers and floats took a festive turn down the Paseo de la Reforma boulevard all the way to the historic colonial main square.

There were marching bands disguised as skeletons and dancers with skull face paint performing in Indigenous costumes. The smell of traditional resinous copal incense hung heavy over the parade.

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