Traditional Mexican Cemetery

We stopped the car on our way to Mazamitla to view a traditional Mexican cemetery. It is a different experience. The cemetery was not kept up very well but it was very colorful and interesting. During Dia de los Muertos "Day of the Dead" the families of the dead set up an altar over their family members graves. They bring food and drink along with favorite things of their loved one and many colorful decorations. One other requirement of these altars is to have a representation of death. They usually do this by bringing some sort of skull or skeleton, they like to make fun of death by dressing the sugar molded skeletons in dresses and hats.