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Added on the 02/11/2018 17:21:10 - Copyright : AFP EN
Mexican cemeteries come alive as families honour their loved ones during annual "Day of the Dead" celebrations. Rough Cut (No reporter narration).
Hundreds of people mark Mexico's Day of the Dead with a traditional parade in Mexico City, celebrations inaugurated by the capital's head of government Marti Batres. IMAGES
Mexico City, Feb 14 (EFE).- With face masks and reduced dining hours, Mexican couples celebrated a different Valentine's day on Sunday. “It has been quite a complicated and different February 14. We are used to a different reality. A year ago we were walking downtown, having a good time, everything was open,” Javier, a lawyer who celebrated Valentine's Day with his girlfriend, Marisol.Despite the pandemic, Javier considered that what is truly “important” is being able to be “with the person you love." (Camera: ULISES ANDRADE VELA). SHOT LIST: COUPLES DINE AT RESTAURANTS ON VALENTINE'S DAY IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
Los Angeles, Oct 28 (EFE/EPA).- UFCW Local 770 labor union has honored essential workers who have fallen ill or died from Covid-19 with public Day of the Dead altar. The display features 1,308 face masks to honor them. The black masks represent the UFCW workers who have died. (Camera: EUGENE GARCIA). SHOT LIST: ALTAR IN MEMORY OF WORKERS FROM THE UNION THAT HAVE BEEN STRICKEN OR DIED FROM COVID-19, IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US.
Mexico City, Oct 27 (EFE).- The Zacatecan sculptor and painter Manuel Felguerez, the Chihuahuan muralist Aurora Reyes and the painter and architect Juan O'Gorman are some of the artists that certain museums in Mexico City hope to receive with face-to-face offerings on the Day of the Dead, which will be celebrated on Nov 2 this year. Personal objects, symbolic items and works of art have filled the premises of three museums in Mexico City that with the support of their neighborhood community in order to keep alive the memory of the artists and the tradition of the Day of the Dead despite the atypical celebration due to the pandemic. (Camera: AMERICA NERI). SHOT LIST: OFFERING IN HONOR OF THE MEXICAN ARTISTS IN THE MUSEO DEL RISCO, IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
Mothers shout for their lost daughters as they walk down Mexico City bearing black crosses and demanding an end to violence committed against women. IMAGES