Tuxtepec, Oaxaca River Ceremony

A tropical Oaxacan city on the Papaloapan River that sends floral offerings and candle-lit boats down the river to the sea on the night of November 2nd in a ceremony adapted from river-valley Mazatec and Chinantec indigenous practice. The river ceremony, rarely visited by foreign travelers, is the most aquatically theatrical of all Mexican Día de Muertos traditions.