Mexicans packed the capital's renowned National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) on Friday (October 31) for a glimpse of the country's Day of the Dead altars, a local tradition that blends Catholic rituals with the pre-Hispanic belief that the dead return once a year from the underworld. Many dressed up as Mexico's Grand dame of death 'La Catrina' to celebrate the distinctly Mexican tradition that sees people build colourful altars adorned with displays of decorated sugar skulls, flowers, chocolate coffins, paper mache skeletons and photographs and images of the deceased. Frida Kahlo was a popular figure at the altars. Never shying away from politics, there was also a commemoration for the dozens of students who disappeared from the town of Iguala last month in a feared massacre. Day of the Dead aficionados have warned the significance of the day is being threatened by encroaching Halloween traditions from the United States. But with a recent Hollywood movie about Dia de lo... ( More) | 
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