Mexican Day of the Dead, only with a twist: in Pomuch, in the Mayan area in Southeastern Mexico, Mayans celebrate their dead by digging out their remains, and cleaning them. Photos here. The regular Day of the Dead of the dead festivities have been discussed previously on MetaFilter here, here, and here. For those of you who may want to practice, this is a story en español. The link to the pictures might be NSFW.
posted by micayetoca on Nov 2, 2006 - 21 comments

The Mexican tradition of Dia de los Muertos, "Day of the Dead."
posted by moonbird on Oct 31, 2003 - 10 comments