Día de los Muertos Part 2: UNAM

UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) is very close to our apartment. They have an annual Day of the Dead celebration they put on called Mega Ofrenda. Every year they have a different theme and this year they were honoring Jorge Luis Borges. He was a famous Argentine writer, essayist and poet. His most famous books are Ficciones and The Aleph. Many students and organizations compete to build the coolest altar. I had no idea that they did this until about a day or two before it started. I was really excited to see all the different altars.

La Catrina was walking about.

Olivia with La Catrina

I thought this display for drunk driving was interesting. Creative use with the beer bottles.

There was a vast amount of altars. I doubled up the photos so I could show more.

The altar with all the balls spun around. The other altar has a more traditional style.

Guess who the skeleton guy is suppose to be?

The pattern on the bottom was made out of seeds.

I took some photos of altars in the day and at night. There were a lot more people there at night.

People viewing the altar pictured above

Justin wearing some glowing horns.

Ariana, Olivia and me being silly.

Olivia

Next blog: Día de los Muertos Part 3: Coyoacán and Panteón Xoco
This will be the last of the Day of the Dead blogs