2019 Day of the dead in san miguel de allende

We participated in the annual Day of the Dead celebration in San Miguel de Allende this year.  It is celebrated at the beginning of November and last three days.  The whole city and maybe the whole country participates along with all the visitors to San Miguel de Allende.  We had a ball and cannot wait for next year!

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San Miguel's Día de los Muertos festivities are a four-day-long celebration of history and family, arts and culture, food and frolic referred to as La Calaca.

On November 1, costumed revelers with calaveras, or skulls, painted on their faces, slowly snake through the cobblestone streets of San Miguel, ending at Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel, the 17th-century cathedral in the town's main square. This ancient tradition -- a mix of Aztec and Christian modalities -- has been celebrated throughout Central America and Mexico for thousands of years.

Despite the timing, the Day of the Dead is not directly connected with Halloween. Their calendar adjacency, however, might relate to the growing popularity of Día de los Muertos events, particularly in the U.S.