Mexico City Grand Parade

The Mexico City Día de Muertos parade has become the largest single public gathering for this holiday globally, hosting over two million spectators along Paseo de la Reforma. Inaugurated after the James Bond film Spectre featured a fictional version, the event now includes elaborate floats, giant Catrina puppets, and thousands of costumed performers. Within a decade, attendance has increased 400% from 2016 estimates, making it faster-growing than #3 San Andrés Mixquic's cemetery vigil, though it lacks the intimate centuries-old cemetery connection of those top-ranked traditions.