San Andrés Mixquic, CDMX

A village within Mexico City's boundaries that maintains the most authentic urban cemetery vigil in the capital, Mixquic's Alumbrada ceremony on the evening of November 2nd lights every tomb with flowers and candles while the village's population gathers collectively in the cemetery grounds. The contrast between the colonial church ruin serving as backdrop and the profusion of orange marigold ofrenda decoration makes Mixquic the most visually intense Day of the Dead ceremony accessible from Mexico City.