New Orleans’ traditional Mexican Day of the Dead procession combines joy and mourning

Drumming will echo in the streets. Incense will waft through the air. Hundreds of candles will cast quivering shadows on the Bywater and St. Roch neighborhoods during the annual Mexican Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) holiday parade on Monday, Nov. 2.

Last year, an estimated 4,000 marchers participated in the trek that memorializes loved ones who’ve passed away in the previous year, as both a celebration and a sendoff…

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